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Stem Cell Tourist Dies From Treatment In Thailand
An anonymous reader writes "Last week, news that Costa Rica was shutting down a large stem cell clinic sparked a debate here on Slashdot about whether patients should be allowed to take the risks that come with untested treatments. Now comes news of what can happen when patients go looking for a shortcut. A patient suffering from an autoimmune disease that was destroying her kidneys went to a Bangkok clinic, where doctors injected her own adult stem cells into her kidneys. Now she's dead, and a postmortem revealed that the sites of injection had weird growths — 'tangled mixtures of blood vessels and bone marrow cells.' Researchers say the treatment almost certainly killed her."
[quote]The lines are generated from surplus material which would otherwise be discarded.[/quote]
As the father of a baby we got with IVF, I do not consider the other fertilized eggs as surplus material to be put to some use. They asked us if we wanted them to be used for stem cells, I said no.
Maybe they should stand under women who have miscarriages and ask if they can use that nice surplus material.
They are potential life forms and not to be used.
You're a sick fuck.