Guest guest Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Even though I have google scholar on my machine, none of the links worked. I agree that there is promise for stem cell therapy, and as I mentioned in a previous post, Michael Broffman and Michael McCullough at Pine St. Pharmacy in San Anselmo, Ca. have already done a few studies in the late '90's. However, we do have to consider the moral/ethical dimension, in other words, how the embryos are obtained. I don't support an all-out ban on research vis-a-vis the Bush administration, as the subject like is abstract and not so black and white. I also know there are alternative ways in consideration to harvest stem cells. However, we must be careful not to destroy life in order to save life. This issue will have to be resolved before any real progress is made. On Apr 15, 2005, at 10:04 AM, wrote: > > Here are a few abstracts on stem cell therapy successes in animals and > humans (mostly humans). All the human trials are small due to the > cost, limited cell lines and political grandstanding. But if you go to > scholar.google.com, you will find thousands of animal studies that are > really unequivocal. Stem cell will effectively treat many illnesses as > soon as there are enough resources put towards this. While drugs may > not work in animals exactly as they do in humans all the time, the > basic physiological mechanisms of stem cell differentiation and > rejection of foreign tissues are pretty much the same in all mammals. > So these models are considered highly transferable to humans. Most > interesting about much of this research is that it works best in > younger less advanced stages of illness. > > European and mexican clinics offering cord blood stem cells typically > state in their patient literature that the therapies work much better > when combined with lifestyle changes. these clinics will prescribe > detailed dietary and supplement/herb regimens for their patients > seeking general rejuvenation. Many offer acupuncture and other > holistic therapies. So there is already an acceptance in some european > holistic health circles of stem cells as a part of natural medicine. > This is the same europe that bans American meat due to hormones, is > very skeptical of genetically modified organisms in the food chain, > suspicious and hyper-regulatory of corporations in general and whose > doctors prescribe far less pharmaceuticals than the US. Why do they > embrace stem cell therapy then? For the same reason they embrace > herbology? It works. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Z'ev, The url gets cut up in the email transmission, so you have to cut and paste the resulting 2 lines of the url back together into the address line of yr browser, as usual. Helps to burn an extra calorie or so-- avoid grunting, remember to breathe. Ann Even though I have google scholar on my machine, none of the links worked. I agree that there is promise for stem cell therapy, and as I mentioned in a previous post, Michael Broffman and Michael McCullough at Pine St. Pharmacy in San Anselmo, Ca. have already done a few studies in the late '90's. However, we do have to consider the moral/ethical dimension, in other words, how the embryos are obtained. I don't support an all-out ban on research vis-a-vis the Bush administration, as the subject like is abstract and not so black and white. I also know there are alternative ways in consideration to harvest stem cells. However, we must be careful not to destroy life in order to save life. This issue will have to be resolved before any real progress is made. On Apr 15, 2005, at 10:04 AM, wrote: > > Here are a few abstracts on stem cell therapy successes in animals and > humans (mostly humans). All the human trials are small due to the > cost, limited cell lines and political grandstanding. But if you go to > scholar.google.com, you will find thousands of animal studies that are > really unequivocal. Stem cell will effectively treat many illnesses as > soon as there are enough resources put towards this. While drugs may > not work in animals exactly as they do in humans all the time, the > basic physiological mechanisms of stem cell differentiation and > rejection of foreign tissues are pretty much the same in all mammals. > So these models are considered highly transferable to humans. Most > interesting about much of this research is that it works best in > younger less advanced stages of illness. > > European and mexican clinics offering cord blood stem cells typically > state in their patient literature that the therapies work much better > when combined with lifestyle changes. these clinics will prescribe > detailed dietary and supplement/herb regimens for their patients > seeking general rejuvenation. Many offer acupuncture and other > holistic therapies. So there is already an acceptance in some european > holistic health circles of stem cells as a part of natural medicine. > This is the same europe that bans American meat due to hormones, is > very skeptical of genetically modified organisms in the food chain, > suspicious and hyper-regulatory of corporations in general and whose > doctors prescribe far less pharmaceuticals than the US. Why do they > embrace stem cell therapy then? For the same reason they embrace > herbology? It works. > > Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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