Re: [Fwd: [pdnews] Human stem cells help paralyzed rats, mice to walk (fwd)]

[Guest guest]

Jerry,

The good news is that all of these cells are stimulating movement in mice that

can not move. That means that somehow cells that are not working are made to

work or are replaced with working cells. Either way the ataxia is being

beaten. Most scientists feel that human trials could begin within three years -

more good news.

IF the first human trials work, you can bet a law will be passed allowing much

more research. This partial ban may backfire totally on opponents. If they had

gone ahead with the original rules scientists could have moved ahead on many

fronts at once. The partial ban (which actually loosens some restraints

curiously like informed consent of the donors) will make the first success turn

into a landslide of people wanting a cure for their personal disorder.

That will make politicians who fight the research duck for cover. And presently

there is probably a majority in both houses to pass a law supporting it.

However there is not enough in the house to over ride a veto. That could also

make it impossible for Bush to win in 2004 if he vetoed it.

Yes there is still good news.

Take care, Bill and Charlotte

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Jerry Cash wrote:

> Pam,

>

> Although this article doesn't mention Parkinsons or MSA, I've gotten the

> impression in the past that there researchers suspect that there may be some

> underlying aspects to lots of the neuro degenerative diseases - Parkinsons,

> MS, Alzheimers, ALS, SDS, etc.

>

> Wouldn't you suspect then that this is very promising news for us?

>

> Jerry Cash

>

> --- [pdnews] Human stem cells help paralyzed rats, mice to walk

> (fwd)

> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:01:36 +0100

>

> Reply-To: Simon Coles

> To: " Parkinson's Disease News "

>

> Gearhart said stem cell research may have its most immediate

> application in treating SMA and a related condition, amyotrophic

> lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig's disease.

>

> ALS affects up to 20,000 adults, leading to whole-body paralysis

> and death as motor nerves linking the brain, spinal cord and

> muscles die.

>

> Project ALS, a New York City organization that battles the

> disease, funded the Hopkins research. The treatment could

> be tested on humans within a few years, Gearhart said.

>

> He predicted the ethical and religious concerns over stem cell

> research will vanish as scientists discover ways of making

> different kinds of cells without using embryos.

> But he emphasized that federal funding of embryonic stem cell

> research is essential to developing those alternative techniques

> -- a step that could take 10 years with ample funding and longer

> without it.

>

> SOURCE: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

> http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20010725woodshealth3p3.asp

>

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