On May 1, 2014, cardiologist Dr. James Chong at Westmead Hospital made an extraordinary discovery. He took human stem cells and transplanted them into a group of monkeys with damaged hearts and found that three months later the heart tissue had “regenerated up to 40%” (Milman 1). Therefore, Dr. Chong came to the conclusion that the opposite could also work. He claims that monkey stem cells will soon be able to regenerate damaged human hearts. Without the funding provided by the government, Dr. Chung and many other scientists would not have been able to make such major advances in stem cell research. By continuing to fund stem cell research, people around them could be cured not only from heart damage but also from other diseases such as cancer, polio, asthma, HIV/AIDS, etc. stem cells (Who discovered 1). Dr. Maximow was not only a scientist but also a doctor and a biologist (Who Discovered 1). On February 1, 1961, Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch of OCI, by chance, found evidence of the existence of stem cells during radiation research (Stem Cell Research Timeline 1). Scientists theorizing about the idea of ​​stem cells had happened much earlier, but the proper technology didn't exist to thoroughly research these cells. While this was just the beginning, stem cell research has progressed quite rapidly. Despite the rapid breakthroughs, many deviations, such as Congress banning fetal tissue research on July 12, 1974, slowed the research only a small amount (Timeline of Stem Cell Research 1). Just 14 years later, the “Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Group reopens the issue and votes 18 to 3 to approve… halfway through the paper… ogist regrows monkey hearts with human stem cells.” Guardian News and Media, 30 April 2014. Web. 7 May 2014. The Guardian."NYSTEM." What are the potential benefits of stem cell research?”. Np, nd Web. May 13, 2014."Research! America." Chronology of major events in stem cell research policy. Np, nd Web. May 13, 2014. Timeline of major events in stem cell research. "Stem cells as therapies". California Stem Cell Agency. Np, nd Web. May 02, 2013. Stem Cell Basics: Introduction. In Stem Cell Information [World Wide Web site]. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002. May 5, 2014. Web."Timeline of Stem Cell Research." History of stem cells. Np, nd Web. May 10, 2014. Timeline of Stem Cell Research."Who Discovered: Stem Cells?"Who Discovered Stem Cells?. Np, nd Web. May 12, 2014. Who discovered: stem cells?.