Stem Cell Research      The generous endowments created by Jim and Virginia Stowers support all forms of stem cell research. Stowers researchers can be counted among the leaders in each of these areas, and each has the potential to ease suffering and improve human health. Stowers scientists have the freedom to pursue the most exciting, most promising research, and they are poised to lead the rapidly evolving field of stem cell biology.      On the Kansas City campus of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, researchers are conducting innovative research with both adult and embryonic stem cells. At the same time, the Stowers Medical Institute is funding embryonic and induced pluripotency stem cell (iPS) research at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge, Mass.      Just as environmental scientists are exploring solar, wind, biofuels and other potential solutions to the global energy crisis, medical science must continue exploring the full range of stem cell research, including adult, embryonic, iPS, and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) stem cells. It is far too soon to abandon any form of stem cell research, and it is highly likely that ultimate solutions to various diseases will come from different sources of stem cells.