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Darn... I passed... Does this mean... I WON? What'd I win?
COOL so then you know thems star like thingies in the cells neurons axions and stuff seem to be causing some pain in people... O,o So new or better ways to well drow new nerves and other things are being done to make it less troublesom in some areas. :~) I know not very medical... ;P
SpinergyDude 3 years ago
companies make money off of incurable diseases, long term treatment costs way more the a one time cure. I'd say if everyone was working for each other and not profit there would already be a cure for cancer. If they made stem cell research legal, there would be a major loss in profit for many health companies for they make millions and millions off of treatment (treatment being a lessoning of symptoms, not a cure).
conman2317 4 years ago
Stem cell research IS legal. US has some of least restrictions in the world; you can make embryos for research (Indian can't), Clone (most countries can't), pay for eggs (almost no progressive country does). Cures take time and unlikely from embryos (big pharma pushing for drug testing - also their stem cells are patentable, not yours). Cancer research requires studying cancer stem cells. ClinicalTrials*dot*gov has almost 1000 trials currently recruiting using stem cells.
WayCurious 4 years ago
True, but the American government needs to start openly and EXTENSIVELY funding it and encouraging it.
Stem cells...amazing stuff.
xxxshar 3 years ago
We DO - we spend 1/2 billion annually on it. We fund human embryonic stem cell (hES) research 20x more than cord blood - yet cord blood has shown more therapeutic value. We also spend more on hES alone than most other countries do on all forms of stem cell research. It's not the money - it's the results and safe transfer to human subjects that delays treatments ... and many conditions people think can be helped (like Alzheimers) would never be. Political and medical charlatains say different.
WayCurious 3 years ago
The $132bil is direct medical/indirect others (not US Budget) and abt. 4.5x the entire 2007 NIH budget ($29 bil), of which stem cells accounted for abt. 2% . More money comes from business and private donations (read 'the forgotten man'). With pancreatic stem cells now found and clinical trials ongoing that 'cures' diabetes by resetting the immune system, we may be able to put this disease aside within the decade. (Visit ClinicalTrials*dot*gov for those currently recruiting.)
WayCurious 4 years ago
half a billion isn't much.
diabetics take 132 billion dollars from america's budget. not even including the countless number of other diseases that can be cured. half a billion isn't even enough for $2 per person, and to give someone $2 a year for their disease really wouldn't help them much.
mariomguy 4 years ago