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Is there a greatly increased risk for cancer from stem cell use given these are cells that have a high rate of proliferation?
by uptownfunk 10y ago
Is there a greatly increased risk for cancer from stem cell use given these are cells that have a high rate of proliferation?
- anigbrowl 10y agoMaybe, but for most people cancer in the future vs being dead or paralyzed now is an easy decision. I'm not aware of such an elevated risk, just saying that it would be an acceptable trade-off in many circumstances.
- sambe 10y agoThe follow-up article mentioned by another poster (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13494463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13494463) mentions cancer as a risk of the treatment.