The SMH has an article on how stem cells used to repair a Korean woman's spine and allow her to walk (albeit with a frame) again.
Slashdot also has a discussion on it.
Note that this was done using stem cells from cord blood and not embryos, avoiding the whole ethical kerfuffle surrounding the use of embryos. However, as I understand it, stem cells from cord blood cannot be used in as many ways as stem cells from embryos. I'm not quite sure where I stand on this whole issue. I have seen opinions from both "sides", and there are flaws in each. However, the benefit that could come from the use of stem cells is tremendous, so I don't know if it is that easy to just reject the use of stem cells from embryos.
