Each new day

Alberta-born biophysicist James Till and Toronto physician Ernest McCulloch are considered the fathers of Stem Cell Research. It has come a long way in the four decades when they first charted the existence of stem cells.

Jennifer Molson is a living example of the wonders of stem cells.
Diagnosed with MS at age 21, by the time she was 27 she had accepted the idea life for her would mean a wheelchair.

Thanks to the remarkable work of Atkins and Freedman, she -- a year after the procedure -- got married.

"I walked down the aisle and danced," she said recently from her office at BAE Systems.

Gone are almost all of the reminders of her MS -- a disease where the immune system ravages the brain and spinal cord.

"I've had to educate people -- when they think of stem cells they think of embryonic stem cells," she explained. "I used my own."

After her procedure, she saw her disease work in reverse. Almost each new day brought back an ability she had lost.

From not being able to walk, suddenly she was without her leg braces. Then she ignored her cane while walking out the door.

At 31 years old she seems free of MS. She considers herself cured of it.

"I think this hope is for everyone," she said. "It's just taking time to realize its full potential."

Hopefully that time is just around the corner. You can read the whole article here.