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Originally Posted by fgummett  As I understand it: stem cells come from the patient themselves so there would be no risk of rejection... no need for anti-rejection drugs or encapsulation. Now if only someone could convince GWB that the World wasn't created 4,800 years ago (on a Monday morning at 9am) they might actually get on with some stem cell research in the USA  |
But they still need to protect against the autoimmune attack.. presumably that factor doesn't go away, and is the reason why a lot of "successful' treatments reverse in a year or two.
