The controversy behind stem cell procedures

[Khumar]

@Niksik

Holy smokes. You are so knowledgeable. I suddenly have a new found respect for you, Ms. Khumi, if I may call you that from now on.

Yes, this is exactly what I wanted to know.

I am also not sure about tumor, but I think I article I read was about some damage done after tumor removal and some docs were using stem cells to regenerate what was lost. I may be totally wrong here. Let me find that article and get back on this.

Now, I have a friend who’s brother in India had spinal embolization after a series of problems. He has since then lost the ability to walk and is paralyzed waist down. Recently he read about a hospital in Southern India that showed promising procedures involving stem cell transplantation to give possible “strength” back to the lost “stuff” in the back and hopefully with time see a big difference. He is going for it. She called me to ask me the question above as to why we don’t hear of these procedures here.

I understand what the issues are with taking cells from an embryo, but can’t they use stem cells from placentas that are donated after a child is born?

@starcity

There is a relatively new techniquein which they are using stem cells form the donated placenta, however I know a friend that did research in this and he found that this had to be carried out fast and the techniques were quite difficult

starcity put it so much more smartly than i did

it’s possible…but it’s really really hard. right now there aren’t enough techniques and material and other things to make it possible. a lot more research is needed in it. the research that is done is done in other countries. i think i was watching a documentary and it showed countries such as china and a couple of other european countries were much more knowledgeable about this stuff than US…because of all the restrictions. so that’s why you don’t hear a lot about this coming from US, and instead hear about these procedures occuring in other countries.

@ miss khumi there is sooooooo much out there. this is just tip of the iceberg!