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[FlexXlutor]

Hey
Found this piece on bbc, Im very optimistic.
I wish them all the best and hope they succeed.


http://www.bbc.co.uk...health-11517680

[brokenportal]

Hello FlexXlutor,

Given your interest in this, I wonder if you might want to give us a hand by writing up a short half page article on this for us to consider for our front page. We were looking to write one for us to consider earlier but need somebody interested in giving it a shot. (you, or anybody else reading this that may want to try their hand at it.)

[Optimistic]

Hey
Found this piece on bbc, Im very optimistic.
I wish them all the best and hope they succeed.


http://www.bbc.co.uk...health-11517680

Interesting indeed!,

As far as I understand they need to apply the treatment within 1-2 weeks for it to have any effect. Anyone know how they will select patients for the trails?

How many patients will they include in the phase one?

What is the timeline?

[kmoody]

Information about the trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov. http://clinicaltrial...rm=geron&rank=9

Nice of Geron to clear the way by investigating teratoma concerns.

[John Schloendorn]

Nice of Geron to clear the way by investigating teratoma concerns.

Not sure if that's "nice" of them!! Depends on what the answer will be, and what the regulator will do to every other stem cell company as a result.

[The Immortalist]

Please excuse my ignorance in this topic as I haven't really been keeping up to date on anything that's been happening in the world of science. Instead of waiting for the ban to be lifted in the US,If someone really wanted to do this kind of research earlier why didn't they just go to some random place in the world where they can do this research without getting prosecuted for a retarded victimless crime like the stem cell research ban was? I'm guessing alot of researchers did do this but how many and what did they achieve?

[firespin]

Please excuse my ignorance in this topic as I haven't really been keeping up to date on anything that's been happening in the world of science. Instead of waiting for the ban to be lifted in the US,If someone really wanted to do this kind of research earlier why didn't they just go to some random place in the world where they can do this research without getting prosecuted for a retarded victimless crime like the stem cell research ban was? I'm guessing alot of researchers did do this but how many and what did they achieve?

Well in US the ban was for using federal(government) funding for embryonic stem cell research. There is no ban for embryonic stem cell research funded by private funds. A lot of researchers generally come to US because of higher federal and private funding for science.

Several european countries banned embryonic stem-cell research from federal and private funding, while the european countries that do allow embryonic stem cell research have restrictions, do not fund it well, or just don't have the money to fund it. You can't just go anywhere because most countries banned it to pander to religious voters. The few that allowed the research either have restrictions or low funding.
You can read more here on wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_laws

This type of stem cell research is young and expensive, so researchers go where the money is...

Edited by firespin, 24 March 2011 - 04:18 AM.

[Minni]

What sounded to me most promising of several books i read were:

(1) universal stem cell research by Benveniste (I read about it in a stem cell book - I forget which one.
Here's one link: http://www.globes.co...635635&fid=1725

(2) also read in a stem cell book about a Boston researcher who sounded like he was on the cutting edge, but he was keeping very secretive about whatever it was.

[saxiephon]

Advanced Cell Technology is now the only company with FDA approval to test human embryonic stem cells. The first two patients with AMD and Stargardts diseases of the eye have asked ACTC to inject their other eye because the RPE cells produced from hesc's are restoring their vision.