Comments on: Chinese stem cell therapy still very dangerous http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/05/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-still-very-dangerous/ The site for news and information for the disabled community Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: greg http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/05/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-still-very-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 greg Fri, 22 May 2009 14:05:45 +0000 http://www.spinalcordresources.com/?p=379#comment-2352 Acupuncture has been tested for many years and found to be safe and effective. Pumping embryonic stem cells into people's brains and spinal cords have not been found to be either safe or effective. Many of those people not have cancer cells growing at the injection sites and there are presently no procedures to treat those problems. The issue is not Chinese medicine that has been around for centuries, it is a boutique medical industry that has popped up virtually over night with no oversight. It is imperative that many double blind studies over many years be performed before we turn the disabled into guinea pigs. <em>I can appreciate having an open mind, but not to the point where your brain falls out.</em> Your ad hominem attack on my alleged beliefs of the war in Iraq and the 911 attacks does nothing but diminish your arguments. It shows that you have no way of propping up your beliefs so you attack the person directly. If you have links to major medical research showing the long term effects of embryonic stem cells on humans, please let me know because I have not seen them. There are some animal studies that show that these cells may have great promise in the treatment and possible cure of Alzheimer's as well as spinal cord injuries. However, there are no large studies across many human-animal types like pigs and monkeys using stem cells at 5, 10, and 15 years. These are critical for the medical community to understand what they are up against and will this even work. Doctors are finding out that the spinal cord is much more complicated then first thought and as such, more research has to be done so we have a complete understanding of damage to tissue and how to get the cells in the spinal column to regenerate. Acupuncture has been tested for many years and found to be safe and effective. Pumping embryonic stem cells into people’s brains and spinal cords have not been found to be either safe or effective. Many of those people not have cancer cells growing at the injection sites and there are presently no procedures to treat those problems. The issue is not Chinese medicine that has been around for centuries, it is a boutique medical industry that has popped up virtually over night with no oversight. It is imperative that many double blind studies over many years be performed before we turn the disabled into guinea pigs. I can appreciate having an open mind, but not to the point where your brain falls out.

Your ad hominem attack on my alleged beliefs of the war in Iraq and the 911 attacks does nothing but diminish your arguments. It shows that you have no way of propping up your beliefs so you attack the person directly. If you have links to major medical research showing the long term effects of embryonic stem cells on humans, please let me know because I have not seen them.

There are some animal studies that show that these cells may have great promise in the treatment and possible cure of Alzheimer’s as well as spinal cord injuries. However, there are no large studies across many human-animal types like pigs and monkeys using stem cells at 5, 10, and 15 years. These are critical for the medical community to understand what they are up against and will this even work. Doctors are finding out that the spinal cord is much more complicated then first thought and as such, more research has to be done so we have a complete understanding of damage to tissue and how to get the cells in the spinal column to regenerate.

]]> By: Michael http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/05/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-still-very-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Michael Fri, 22 May 2009 02:03:36 +0000 http://www.spinalcordresources.com/?p=379#comment-2340 Just because the treatments were not done in the west does not mean it does not work. Take a look at accupuncture which is now reimbursed in the UK. For years it has been ridiculed by western doctors and now they are embracing it. Try to have an open mind. I am guessing you probably still believe that the Iraqi's have weapons of mass destruction and were responsible for 911. Just because the treatments were not done in the west does not mean it does not work. Take a look at accupuncture which is now reimbursed in the UK. For years it has been ridiculed by western doctors and now they are embracing it. Try to have an open mind. I am guessing you probably still believe that the Iraqi’s have weapons of mass destruction and were responsible for 911.

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