Institute of Life Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
J Physiol Biochem. 2011 Mar;67(1):141-4. doi: 10.1007/s13105-010-0064-0. Epub 2011 Jan 19.
It is not uncommon to find statements in the social media and even in some scientific journals declaring that embryonic stem cells can be used in human medicine for therapeutic purposes. In our opinion, this statement does not fit the medical reality. To go into this subject in depth, and if possible to clarify it, we reviewed the most recent literature on clinical trials conducted with embryonic stem cells, concluding that up to the present time, there is only one ongoing clinical trial being carried out with these types of cells to treat a small group of patients with spinal cord injury. The results of this trial have still not been published. In conclusion, at present, there is only evidence of one phase I clinical trial conducted with embryonic stem cells, in comparison to the numerous trials conducted with adult stem cells.
在社交媒体上，甚至在一些科学期刊中，都不难发现声称胚胎干细胞可用于人类医学治疗目的的言论。在我们看来，这种说法不符合医学现实。为了深入探讨这个问题，如果可能的话，澄清这个问题，我们查阅了关于使用胚胎干细胞进行临床试验的最新文献，得出的结论是，迄今为止，只有一项正在进行的临床试验使用这些类型的细胞来治疗一小群脊髓损伤患者。该试验的结果尚未公布。总之，目前只有一项使用胚胎干细胞进行的 I 期临床试验的证据，而相比之下，大量的临床试验都是使用成人干细胞进行的。
