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amazing two thoughts pop onto my head do you think the same technique can be used to reproduce damaged optical nerves ? this could be a huge step towards curin

amazing two thoughts pop onto my head do you think the same technique can be used to reproduce damaged optical nerves ? this could be a huge step towards curing a huge percentage of blindness, something Ive been very personally interested in lately. am I the only one who wonders why the slow pace of such crucial medical discoveries ? after a successful attempt, the future plan is treating only 10 more patients over the next 'years'. In Silicon valley timezone thats centuries, my non-medical tech corrupt mind is screaming pump money, replicate this to 100 patients in the next 60 days and scale, scale, scale!!!

maccard 12y ago
> replicate this to 100 patients in the next 60 days and scale, scale, scale!!! Most likely the fear of any unknown side effects that haven't manifested just yet, and the ability to refine whatever procedure was performed to try and minimise any of the long term downsides to this approach?
- innguest 12y ago
  I doubt what is keeping this from scaling is fear of unknown side-effects. I bet people would be lining up to be a guinea-pig to this if regulation allowed.
k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "replicate this to 100 patients in the next 60 days and scale, scale, scale!!!" Safety. What is there are horrible side effects that only show after 12/18/24 months and suddenly the lives of 100's of people are ruined? You could make that clear to people and if they want to participate despite the warnings let them but most people aren't well informed enough to make a rational decision.
warcher 12y ago
There are some very reasonable and very scary tumor possibilities associated with stem cell research. Trading paraplegia for spinal cancer is not a good trade. Caution is a very, very good idea. That said, this result should, in a just world, dramatically increase sources of funding and research worldwide.

maccard 12y ago

> replicate this to 100 patients in the next 60 days and scale, scale, scale!!! Most likely the fear of any unknown side effects that haven't manifested just yet, and the ability to refine whatever procedure was performed to try and minimise any of the long term downsides to this approach?

innguest 12y ago
I doubt what is keeping this from scaling is fear of unknown side-effects. I bet people would be lining up to be a guinea-pig to this if regulation allowed.

k-mcgrady 12y ago

>> "replicate this to 100 patients in the next 60 days and scale, scale, scale!!!" Safety. What is there are horrible side effects that only show after 12/18/24 months and suddenly the lives of 100's of people are ruined? You could make that clear to people and if they want to participate despite the warnings let them but most people aren't well informed enough to make a rational decision.

warcher 12y ago

There are some very reasonable and very scary tumor possibilities associated with stem cell research. Trading paraplegia for spinal cancer is not a good trade. Caution is a very, very good idea. That said, this result should, in a just world, dramatically increase sources of funding and research worldwide.