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As I recall some of these techniques were used on race horses long before trying them on humans. Stem cell injections in particular I think. Thank the gambler
by sunstone 10y ago
As I recall some of these techniques were used on race horses long before trying them on humans. Stem cell injections in particular I think. Thank the gamblers for that :)
- davidivadavid 10y agoAn interesting example of serendipity. Did the research done on horses help directly in developing solutions for humans?
- abakker 10y agoI also know that in horses they routinely inject hyaluronic acid, which appears to be significantly beneficial. E.g. The horse limps in, and one day later the arthritis is gone. My mom always jokes that she should just do it for herself but it is not apparently approved for humans. She's been injecting many of he horses for 10+ years with it.
- Xcelerate 10y agoIt is approved for humans actually. I had a hyaluronic acid injection my for knee injury. I didn't really notice that it did anything though. But I think it's generally supposed to help lessen the pain for cartilage damage that isn't a focal defect. Note that it doesn't do anything to improve the cartilage — it just helps the pain.