tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post1539116143669558171..comments2024-02-18T12:18:45.788-05:00Comments on Sun and Shield: Stem cells without embryo destruction?Martin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-62927875907248039912007-01-10T05:46:00.000-05:002007-01-10T05:46:00.000-05:00According to the Wikipedia article "Embryonic stem...According to the Wikipedia article "Embryonic stem cell," your friend is correct, and I have not heard of a proven successful treatment with embryonic stem cells (and I think I would have heard of this, and you probably would have, too!).<br /><br />However, adult stem cells have been known of, and experimented on, for a few decades, whereas embryonic stem cells, according to this article, were only discovered in 1998. It would be remarkable for even a drug discovered that recently to have been approved, and in wide use. It would be basically impossible for a cell type to have been used for treatment in that time, since studying how it works, how to keep the host from rejecting it, etc., would be considerably more complex than investigating a new drug.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-75536764560662687582007-01-10T00:52:00.000-05:002007-01-10T00:52:00.000-05:00I read someone who blogs fairly regularly on stem ...I read someone who blogs fairly regularly on stem cell issues. He claims that there are currently no successful treatments developed from <i>embryonic</i> stem cells, but a good few successful treatments developed from other stem cells, whether from umbilical cord blod, amniotic fluid, even some adult stem cells have provided successful treatments. At one point he had a link documenting all the currently successful stem cell treatments, and not one of the successful treatments involved stem cells taken from embryos. <br /><br />I've filed away his posts in my "to be verified" mental stack, but if you have time to dig through his source material, pop over to Apologia Christi on my blogroll. He doesn't have "stem cell" on his tags but he does have a search box.Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.com