In my assigned surfing of the internet I come across a variety of topics and sites.
Recently, I came across something regarding stem cell research and MS.
Humor me just once and read about this important issue.
(I am already 48 and we still aren't cloning headless bodies to replace organs that wear out so naturally I am concerned.
I want to be writing for you people when I am 100! I mean, it is 2009 and we don't have all the things we should have.
We don't have flying cars.
We don't have Star Trek-level medical science.
We don't even have medical science on par with "Space:1999".
But I digress...
) Everyone is aware of the controversy.
Even musicians such as Dream Theater are aware of the stem cell debate: "This embryonic clay wrapped in fierce debate; Would be thrown away or otherwise discarded, Some of us believe it may hold the key to treatment of disease and secrets highly guarded".
For now let us focus on one aspect of stem cell research: the cure for MS.
Recently, scientists discovered that they can prevent and even reverse the crippling condition of MS (multiple sclerosis).
Specific findings at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois show that "17 out of 21" people with (the most common) relapsing-remitting MS tested had their health improve as a result of aggressive stem cell treatment.
Past studies demonstrated that stem cell treatment could stabilize the condition but it had not yet shown that the same treatment was capable of reversing the condition.
The leader of this study, Richard K Burnt, observed that this treatment is undoubtedly "a feasible procedure".
It is called autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Not only does the treatment appear to stave off neurological progression but it also seems to reverse neurological disability.
The procedure causes the suppression of the immune system and revitalizes it with new cells.
Medical experts think the new cells reset the immune system of the patient.
A three-year follow up was done and it revealed that 81% of MS sufferers saw an improvement of one point or more on a disability scale.
No patient scored lower than before the operation.
A spokesperson for the MS Society, Dr.
Douglas Brown, said that research is increasingly demonstrating that these cells are showing "more...
potential in the treatment of MS" and that now science needs to continue to show how effective they can be.
A serious issue worth serious consideration.
I know when my time comes, I just plain won't want to go yet.
If this type of research can help then I say we support it.
As always, I am waiting to hear what you all have to say.
My name is Phoenix and...
that's the bottom line.
Recently, I came across something regarding stem cell research and MS.
Humor me just once and read about this important issue.
(I am already 48 and we still aren't cloning headless bodies to replace organs that wear out so naturally I am concerned.
I want to be writing for you people when I am 100! I mean, it is 2009 and we don't have all the things we should have.
We don't have flying cars.
We don't have Star Trek-level medical science.
We don't even have medical science on par with "Space:1999".
But I digress...
) Everyone is aware of the controversy.
Even musicians such as Dream Theater are aware of the stem cell debate: "This embryonic clay wrapped in fierce debate; Would be thrown away or otherwise discarded, Some of us believe it may hold the key to treatment of disease and secrets highly guarded".
For now let us focus on one aspect of stem cell research: the cure for MS.
Recently, scientists discovered that they can prevent and even reverse the crippling condition of MS (multiple sclerosis).
Specific findings at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois show that "17 out of 21" people with (the most common) relapsing-remitting MS tested had their health improve as a result of aggressive stem cell treatment.
Past studies demonstrated that stem cell treatment could stabilize the condition but it had not yet shown that the same treatment was capable of reversing the condition.
The leader of this study, Richard K Burnt, observed that this treatment is undoubtedly "a feasible procedure".
It is called autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Not only does the treatment appear to stave off neurological progression but it also seems to reverse neurological disability.
The procedure causes the suppression of the immune system and revitalizes it with new cells.
Medical experts think the new cells reset the immune system of the patient.
A three-year follow up was done and it revealed that 81% of MS sufferers saw an improvement of one point or more on a disability scale.
No patient scored lower than before the operation.
A spokesperson for the MS Society, Dr.
Douglas Brown, said that research is increasingly demonstrating that these cells are showing "more...
potential in the treatment of MS" and that now science needs to continue to show how effective they can be.
A serious issue worth serious consideration.
I know when my time comes, I just plain won't want to go yet.
If this type of research can help then I say we support it.
As always, I am waiting to hear what you all have to say.
My name is Phoenix and...
that's the bottom line.
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