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First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial Imminent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the human-guinea-pig dept.

An anonymous reader writes "California-based Geron has announced that the first embryonic stem cell trial may be in the not-so-distant future. Tom Okarma, Geron's CEO, recently announced that the company will be seeking permission from the FDA to begin clinical trials. From the article: 'Geron's plan is to treat people that have acute spinal injuries with oligodendrocyte progenitor cells grown from human ESCs. Oligodendrocyte cells support neurons in the brain and spine by sheathing them in myelin, a fat that helps neurons to transmit signals.'"

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  1. Re:My fellow republicans ... by EGSonikku · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not talking of such things, and to pull the 'Nazi" card invalidates any argument you were attempting to make, and i'll not dignify it with a 'response'. Respond to this discussion, do not attempt to segway it into somthing else.

    --
    - "Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem"
  2. The article is lying! by RecycledElectrons · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a pack of lies! Clinical trials have gone on with embryonic stem cells for years, and they all have 1 thing in common: the patients get cancer from the enbryonic stem cells.

    Every patient in this study is being sentenced to death.

    Andy Out!

  3. My Tax Dollars... by ClaudeVMS · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm happy my tax dollars don't support this culture of robbing the murdered. I only hope that the liberal culture of death evantually "evolves - LOL" to a point where some liberals are used as spare parts for the elite liberals who sell this nonsense to the rest of them.