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Embryonic stem cells cure disease? Prove it. (Wisconsin Radio Network)

A Pulitzer prize-winning science writer says there might be too much hype about the potential for embryonic stem cell research, but not enough evidence. Deborah Blum, who is also a professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin, explains that the vaccine for smallpox proved ultimately to be one of the most successful medical treatments we know, but England Doctor Edward Jenner had to prove himself.