The BBC reports that a blind man can see a little after receiving a stem cell transplant. Some interesting side effects resulted:

Before the operation he had been a keen skier, using verbal directions as a guide. But after he recovered his sight, he was frightened he would crash into something... Mr May is also nervous of crossing the road, where he was confident of doing so while blind.

Remember all that whining a year ago about the dire need to grow and "harvest" fertilized embryos (fetuses) because of all the amazing miracles which would undoubtedly result from fetal stem cells?

This latest miracle was provided -- yet again -- by adult stem cells. Which are always compatable with your own body, of course. And have no ethical issues associated with them.

Recall, also, that the argument was made that Bush was "opposing" research (and thus, progress) by limiting the use of human embryos for research. But, as I argued previously:

The argument is posed that unless the U.S. federal government specifically funds embryonic stem cell research, scientific progress will come to a screeching halt: research will not occur. Of course, this is absurd. If I say you cannot have pie you don't stop eating. Likewise, if we encourage embryonic stem cell research, then adult stem cell research will be discouraged. And vise-versa.

I'll point it out again: If we banned all embryonic stem cell research and thus focused, instead, on adult stem cells, we would likely be even further along on this other similar treatments.

Thanks, Instapundit.