Interesting Artical. Cure from stem cells? [Archive]

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sbigelow

01-23-2007, 09:05 AM

has anyone seen this artical? I wonder if it has any validity to it. YONHAP NEWS (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070123/660000000020070123185548E0.html) &
Researchers Make Stem Cell Breakthrough (http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200701/kt2007012317475111810.htm)

duck

01-23-2007, 09:37 AM

Interesting...I can only find Yonhap and Korea Times articles on these, it will be interesting to see what happens when other news sources/peer review journals look into this.

Certainly there is very little debate about umbilical cord stem cells and their use as well.

belyro

01-23-2007, 09:46 AM

I object highly to their use of the word "cure".

I'm tired of the media toying with my emotions.

E-NICE

01-23-2007, 10:00 AM

Not trying to be a skeptic, but wasn't there a scientist from Korea who claimed to have cloned stem cells? And it turned out he was a fraud, just gives me a moments pause.

duck

01-23-2007, 10:07 AM

Not trying to be a skeptic, but wasn't there a scientist from Korea who claimed to have cloned stem cells? And it turned out he was a fraud, just gives me a moments pause.

Yup. Like I said, let's wait until other media outlets and peers have a chance to review this "cure"...

BriOnH

01-23-2007, 10:08 AM

I'm tired of the media toying with my emotions.

LOL :) Sorry that was funny. But I read ya.

I used to think stem cells were the holy grail of finding a cure, and while I still think they will play an important role in finding multiple cures, I seem to have more faith in altering genes in the immune system. After all replacing pancreatic B cells is only helping the symptom, while fixing the immune system in which produces faulty T-cells which attack B Cells fixes the cause.

belyro

01-23-2007, 10:12 AM

LOL :) Sorry that was funny. But I read ya.

Brian, I'm tired of you toying with my emotions!

:tongue:

BriOnH

01-23-2007, 10:29 AM

Brian, I'm tired of you toying with my emotions!

:tongue:

Awww woman, don't be like that. You know Dr. B Love cares for your emotions. And I kind of do too :D .

belyro

01-23-2007, 10:32 AM

Awww woman, don't be like that. You know Dr. B Love cares for your emotions. And I kind of do too :D .

Who's Dr. Blove?

:laugh:

BriOnH

01-23-2007, 10:37 AM

Who's Dr. Blove?

:laugh:

My other personality I guess. It made sense at the time!

In honesty just a ficticous person in which you would think it could have been me. Someone once told me that if you have to explain a joke it's not funny. Screw them!!