Woodwork, eh? How about "would work" Stem Cell from any source is not the answer to recovery to every spinal cord injury or those with spina bifida. How nice it would be if one could find or develop a few stray cells from a donor and just recover. Would that be nice. Wouldn't that be the perfect cure. I'd hate to think that someone would take a chance on their life or body thinking that if anything goes wrong.. I'll take a dosage of stem cells and be walking again in a heart beat. Each recovery or progress is based on so many different elements. What works for one, may not work for 100. Then there is the money issue. If a doctor were to go out on a limb and tell their patient that with a stem cell transfer... they would be able to function as well as they did before their trauma, and discovered that they didn't have the money to do so. What a tease, eh? For me, its a wait n see for a couple more years on our soil. If people wish to leave the country and accept the risk.. so be it. And there will always be risks. Besides, which insurance company is paying for experimental medicine? Best Wishes In a message dated 2/19/2009 2:59:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
OK, the quad site has been quiet. Where is everybody? This will bring you out of the woodwork. Many who listened to President Obama's inaugural address believe he means to spend taxpayer money on research that destroys human embryos. Before he does, I hope somebody brings to his attention the story I'm about to tell. A few years ago, a Texas teenager named Laura Dominguez lost control of her car when she hit an oil spill on the road. The accident left Laura paralyzed from the neck down. "You'll never walk again," doctors told her. Laura refused to accept this prognosis. She and her mother met with experts on spinal cord injuries. They learned about an exciting new treatment being performed in Portugal. The procedure is known as olfactory mucosa transplantation. Surgeons take adult stem cells found in the nasal region and transplant them into the injured area. Laura underwent this treatment-and her spinal cord began to heal. She gained upper body agility, and, in time, she learned to walk with the use of braces and outside help. Laura is determined to walk unassisted by her 21st birthday. Miracles like this have been repeated many times as researchers bend their attention to the uses of adult stem cells. Writer Bradley Hughes describes many of them in his article "Real-World Successes of Adult Stem Cell Treatment." To date, Hughes writes, these "miracle cells" are providing hope for patients with Crohn's disease, lupus, heart disease, blindness, Parkinson's, and sickle-cell anemia. And according to biotech writer James P. Kelly, umbilical cord blood stem cells are already being used to treat 70 forms of blood and bone marrow cancers. And just a few days ago, there was a report at Northwestern University. Twenty-one patients with multiple sclerosis were stabilized following treatment with adult stem cells removed from each patient's bone marrow. In some patients, the disease was reversed. But because much of the mainstream media refuses to report on this, many Americans remain unaware of it. Ignorance about these cures may be driving the public's demand for embryonic stem-cell research, which kills human beings at the embryonic stage. Americans also seems unaware that not a single clinical success has resulted from treatments using embryonic stem cells. None! So why do researchers and the biotech industry push so hard for public funds for embryo-destructive research? Because science wants science for science's sake and, incidentally, because they stand to make huge profits through potential patents. It's potentially far more lucrative than research involving adult stem cells. You and I need to spread the word about the miracle cures being found through the use of adult stem cells. They're a far superior alternative to embryonic stem cells-and nobody is killed in the process of retrieving them. As science demands unfettered research in the future, we need to be encouraging ethically challenged reporters, researchers, and politicians to take a look backwards for a grim reminder of what happens when science is divorced from morality-euthanasia, gas chambers, and Nazi experiments on children. Do we really want to start down that terrible road again? GA ____________________________________ Need a job? _Find an employment agency near you_ (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000003) . **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)
