> ASC are already working. Tested, proven and marching ahead. Well, no kidding. They've been used for over 40 years in things like bone marrow transplants. That's hardly news.
> Why spend all of your money on a maybe for twenty years > down the road when you can realize results in three or four with > something that has already proven to work? As long as sufficient money is still included for ESC, I don't see an issue with this. The fact that ASC treatments are already being used and new ones close to being developed is hardly news. The doctor I go to for prolotherapy uses stem cell treatments himself as another regenerative type of therapy for healing injuries. This is nothing new. It just doesn't really *mean* anything. > When I said fix I meant for this decade. I don't get that it "fixes" anything. What exactly is it you think they "fixed"? It is simply a decision based on having results to show...but it means that the types of things that ESCs are most likely to be successful for are *not* being "fixed" while the money is directed elsewhere. That's one thing that is somewhat unique with stem cells, they have potential for a *lot* of different diseases, not just one. > I'm not sure if there's anything ESC can do that ASC can't. As of yet, we simply haven't found pluripotent stem cells in adults for all cell types. Adult cells are also harder to get in quantity and do not seem to multiply as well as embryonic cells. There may be potential to produce induced pluripotent adult cells but it is unknown yet if these cells will have the same characteristics ESC have. If they are successful though, they may turn out to be the biggest breakthrough in stem cell research. I doubt however that much money is being directed specifically to them either, since again, results are a good ways off. > Why ignore a working cure for a hypothetical one? No one ever said we should. Any scientist though would agree that both should be pursued at the same time, because certainly in this arena, the hypothetical ones have the greatest potential and far wider scope. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
