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[alan]

I think this is tremendous news. This organisation has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing a wide range of stem cell technologies. If you go to their website (Google Geron) you will see that their products are designed for several neurological disorders including spinal-cord injury, multiple sclerosis and alzheimers. The trials however will be for spinal-cord injury. These are the people who were obstructed by the George Bush administration. The bad news is that even if these trials go extremely well, they are just the first phase. Overall, we are still looking at 8 to 10 years for any sort of cure. Nevertheless, it bodes well for the future.

Alan Douglas

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[Tetracyclone]

[dsindc]

good opinion piece on the topic-


http://www.huffingto...l_b_666159.html

[alan]

Some bad news about Geron Corporation from the point of view of existing spinal cord injured individuals. My original posting at the top whilst accurate misses out something which has just been published on the Geron site. Unfortunately, their procedures will only work on people with new injuries. Once scarring has occurred, their product is ineffective. For more information please go to:

Clinical Program


However, I do not wish to say anything bad about Geron. Maybe, in a few years, anyone who experiences a spinal-cord injury will have the opportunity of a cure or partial cure. For me, this must be celebrated. Moreover, their products will hopefully impact on numerous other disabilities and diseases including diabetes, heart failure, osteoporosis etc.

Alan Douglas

Edited by alan, 17 August 2010 - 04:41 PM.

[Tetracyclone]

This study looks well thought out and sensibly conservative. It is also designed for showing maximum benefit in the group most likely to benefit. This is excellent strategy. There will be time enough to fail later, once the basic usefulness of their stem cells has been proven.