November 14, 2011
— Dave in Texas Amazing stuff. Rebuilding damaged heart muscle following a coronary attack.
Seeking to reverse heart injury, Dr. Marban used a catheter with tiny pincers to snip bits of healthy tissue from Milles' heart. Since the heart produces so few stem cells on its own, Dr. Marban in a laboratory coaxed the bits of tissue into manufacturing millions of stem cells .He then deposited Milles' own laboratory-grown stem cells into the damaged area of his heart, hoping it would repair itself and beat more strongly. Previous studies have used bone marrow stem cells with mostly disappointing results, prompting Dr. Marban to try this new approach.
Mare over at The Hostages linked me this one about treating arthritic knee joints. I have one of these and oh hell is it giving me fits (cold front approaching, it's like a barometer or somethin). Stem cells siphoned from tummy fat and injected into the inflamed knee joint, slowing and even halting the destruction of cartilage in the joint. Cells from tummy fat! I could save both my knees. Hell, I got enough tummy fat stem cells to save three thousand knees.
It's remarkable that all these recent advances seem to have nothing to do with embryonic stem cells, and everything to do with adult ones. Thank goodness we don't play politics with healthcare.
...
Oh.
Well darn.
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My gluttony and sloth has a purpose - I'm a repository for fat-derived adult stem cells!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 14, 2011 05:34 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 14, 2011 05:35 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 05:36 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: Red Shirt at November 14, 2011 05:37 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 14, 2011 05:38 PM (UlUS4)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 14, 2011 05:39 PM (PjVdx)
Most people on this blog don't even have a heart.
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 05:39 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Christoph at November 14, 2011 05:39 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Oscar Goldman at November 14, 2011 05:40 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: Pot Smokers at November 14, 2011 05:40 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: Christoph at November 14, 2011 09:39 PM (7+pP9)
Can you explain why you are such an idiot? This article refers to adult stem cells.
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 05:41 PM (MtwBb)
I dunno about getting my foot fixed. I earned that barometer fair and square. If it got fixed I'd have to go make more skydives till something else broke.
Posted by: Bob Undead Saget at November 14, 2011 05:41 PM (dBvlk)
Because, retardo, he stopped federal funding. He didn't "shut down" any research that wasn't being funded by the taxpayers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at November 14, 2011 05:41 PM (ES+yV)
What fucking part of ADULT STEM CELLS do you not understand?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2011 05:42 PM (piMMO)
I hope you're joking.
Adult vs. Embryonic. Look up the difference, dickweed. Bonus question - how many successful clinical trials have been completed with treatments utilizing embryonic-derived stem cells?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 14, 2011 05:42 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Oscar Goldman at November 14, 2011 09:40 PM (Ys0KI)"
Dam you to hell, only God can do that stuff.
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 05:42 PM (PIZ1t)
Posted by: Christoph at November 14, 2011 09:39 PM (7+pP9)
Let me say it slowly so you understand, you filthy Catholic basher.
Babies have to die to harvest embryonic stem cells. Adults don't have to die to harvest adult cells.
Got it? Good. Now shut the fuck up and sit the hell down.
Posted by: tcn at November 14, 2011 05:42 PM (hQX3k)
Posted by: Bob Undead Saget at November 14, 2011 09:41 PM (dBvlk)
You should maybe try using a parachute next time.
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 05:43 PM (MtwBb)
Do you even know what a "papist" is or did it just sound good in the sentence? What the fuck does the Pope have to do with Bush and stem cell research?
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at November 14, 2011 05:43 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: Mac Gootbone at November 14, 2011 05:43 PM (wWc8Y)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 14, 2011 05:44 PM (Qjh0I)
I know Christoph is a defective humanoid and all, but that hash looks familiar.
He was pretty wrapped up in his psuedo intellectual non-sense and all, but I don't think he was so far gone as to call George Bush 'a papist'.
Trolled by a sock?
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2011 05:45 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: mpfs, Voting 4 Perry at November 14, 2011 05:45 PM (bv3B0)
Now I'm totally confused.
Posted by: Atahualpa at November 14, 2011 05:45 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 14, 2011 05:46 PM (UlUS4)
Pretty much spills it, doesn't it, Chris? This was never about science, never about medicine. It was all about protecting the sacred right of women to execute their unborn kids for the crime of potential inconvenience.
Any opposition to that must be squashed, even if it means you have to deliberately conflate adult and fetal stem cell research -- assuming you bothered to look up the distinction.
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 14, 2011 05:46 PM (2NrWL)
Good thing we have all those embryonic stem lines to research with, those adult stem cell research proved to be a bunch of crap.
Oh, wait, strike that, reverse it. And pro-choice people wonder why us pro-lifers go nuts about sacrificing embryos for this type of research when everything we know says it is unneccesary. You don't need totipotent embryonic stem cells when we already have the technology to reset adult stem cells to a multipotent state, which is all you need for any particular tissue and for the majority of organs.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 14, 2011 05:46 PM (1zwZo)
Most people on this blog don't even have a heart.
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 09:39 PM (MtwBb)
What would I do with one of those?
Posted by: tcn at November 14, 2011 05:47 PM (hQX3k)
Posted by: Talking Point Generator Mark 1 Mod 2 at November 14, 2011 05:47 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Ronster at November 14, 2011 05:48 PM (/c/ec)
Posted by: Algore, Science Genius at November 14, 2011 05:48 PM (Ys0KI)
I prefer mine with a nice fruity Pinot Grigio.
Posted by: mpfs, Voting 4 Perry at November 14, 2011 05:49 PM (bv3B0)
Too late.
Posted by: Christopher Reeve at November 14, 2011 05:49 PM (piMMO)
Second: um, you're out on a limb here. You should crawl back. I've been out on various limbs for my own part. Even if the others don't forgive you, you owe it to your own peace of mind to crawl back.
Posted by: Zimriel at November 14, 2011 05:50 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: John Edwards, Esq. at November 14, 2011 05:51 PM (14jKX)
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 05:52 PM (PIZ1t)
Then again, if it trolls like a troll and trolls like a troll...
Posted by: just sayin' at November 14, 2011 05:52 PM (oif6Y)
Posted by: Papist bograt at November 14, 2011 09:49 PM (c9Ivb)
How do we know he hasn't always been Cristoph? You ever see them together?
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 05:52 PM (MtwBb)
Huh. The prettiest women in that video were twenty years older than the rest.
Posted by: Christopher Reeve at November 14, 2011 05:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: John Edwards, Esq. at November 14, 2011 05:53 PM (14jKX)
Posted by: John Edwards, Esq. at November 14, 2011 05:55 PM (14jKX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 14, 2011 05:56 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at November 14, 2011 05:59 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Richard Gere at November 14, 2011 05:59 PM (14jKX)
>> Ed Anger
Oh shit, really?
Goddamn Ed, that was funny as hell. You lit us all up. I had totally forgotten about Christoph until now.
Well played sir.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 14, 2011 06:00 PM (PjVdx)
Posted by: Towncar at November 14, 2011 06:00 PM (vGw5s)
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 06:01 PM (PIZ1t)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 14, 2011 06:02 PM (2NrWL)
Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at November 14, 2011 06:03 PM (oOKmd)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 14, 2011 10:00 PM (PjVdx)
Yes. I am still digging the hook out of my mouth.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at November 14, 2011 06:03 PM (ES+yV)
Posted by: Ronster at November 14, 2011 06:05 PM (/c/ec)
Posted by: robtr at November 14, 2011 06:05 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2011 06:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 06:06 PM (PIZ1t)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:07 PM (NadeK)
Posted by: Zimriel at November 14, 2011 06:07 PM (6GvAC)
Love Bobby Knight.
Indifferent to coach K...
neither has a reason to be fucking up an already shitty MNF.
Posted by: garrett at November 14, 2011 06:07 PM (uTkeF)
Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2011 06:07 PM (GULKT)
If not, you didn't quite capture the reactionary retardery.
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 14, 2011 06:08 PM (cBVAS)
Posted by: Ronster at November 14, 2011 10:05 PM (/c/ec)"
Shits complicated.
Ace?
Posted by: Herman Cain at November 14, 2011 06:08 PM (PIZ1t)
I worry about the flame war that breaks out should a "bla%er" sock manifest itself
I miss that sister humping ginger.
Posted by: garrett at November 14, 2011 06:08 PM (uTkeF)
Sorta like how I like to throw rocks at white faced hornets nests.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at November 14, 2011 06:08 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: chas at November 14, 2011 06:10 PM (xAq1C)
They've actually had Cardinals meeting with some in the US.
See, that's just going to confoozle us.
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2011 06:10 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:07 PM (NadeK)
They can't do shit numbnuts.
Surprised you took Obama's cock out of your mouth long enough to comment tonight.
Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2011 06:11 PM (GULKT)
they don't kill babies for stem cells. its called embryonic for a reason, genius.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:11 PM (NadeK)
Posted by: Ronster at November 14, 2011 06:11 PM (/c/ec)
from your comments, I'm noticing a pattern of fascination with men's cocks...I worry for you.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:12 PM (NadeK)
proudonkey is that prostitute guy Barky was golfing with today?
Posted by: Herm Cain at November 14, 2011 06:12 PM (IO0Iv)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:07 PM (NadeK)
If dead babies can do that imagine what dead adults could do. . . .
Posted by: proudjackass at November 14, 2011 06:12 PM (QaKuj)
Digging that Stupid Hole a little deeper with each comment, huh, Dum-Dum.
Posted by: Waterhouse at November 14, 2011 06:12 PM (htJXW)
Your science doesn't conform to my world view, therefore I am positive you are false.
Posted by: befuddled at November 14, 2011 06:12 PM (xJU23)
from your comments, I'm noticing a pattern of fascination with men's cocks...I worry for you.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:12 PM (NadeK)
Says the troll that thinks you fellate women.
Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2011 06:13 PM (GULKT)
Fasten your seat belts, morons, this will be intense.
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 14, 2011 06:13 PM (cBVAS)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2011 06:13 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2011 06:14 PM (SB0V2)
On the Jersey Shore in a bathroom stall
In the midst of graffiti scrawled
There's a hole in the piss-stained wall
That's where you put your dick
And there's a loser behind this glory hole
And he really loves to smoke some pole
When you're done on the toilet bowl
He's there to suck you off
The hobos say "Dum Dum you give great head
You're our favorite little bitch
You could probably suck the chrome
Off a ball hitch"
Dum Dum's shift goes all night long
Ten straight hours of sucking dongs
At three AM he's still going strong
And he swallows every time
A man came in from off the street
with fourteen inches of swingin' meat
Like a puppy on its mother's teat
Dum Dum started to suck
With eleven inches down his throat
Dum Dum gave it a backhand stroke
At thirteen inches he started to choke
So he finished with his hand
The hobos say "Dum Dum you give great head
You're our favorite little bitch
You could probably suck the chrome
Off a ball hitch"
Dum Dum really loves his job and he's saving up his cash
He's hoping someday he won't have to eat out of the trash
And Dum Dum got a second job besides the glory hole
By day he works for Axlerod as a troll
In the morning when his shift is through
Dum Dum goes home and sniffs some glue
And thinks of all the men he blew
while he's beating off
The hobos say "Dum Dum you give great head
You're our favorite little bitch
You could probably suck the chrome
Off a ball hitch"
The hobos say "Dum Dum you give great head
You're our favorite little bitch
You could probably suck the chrome
Off a ball hitch"
Posted by: Zimriel at November 14, 2011 06:14 PM (6GvAC)
the good thing about embryonic stem cells is that neither babies nor adults have to die
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:14 PM (NadeK)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:07 PM (NadeK)
We dont yet have the technology to harness the life giving power of the embryonic stem cell, we need more money!
Posted by: Talking Point Generator Mark 1 Mod 2 at November 14, 2011 06:15 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: befuddled at November 14, 2011 06:15 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2011 06:16 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2011 06:17 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: steevy at November 14, 2011 06:17 PM (7WJOC)
Even so, it's not yet a full life. Also, if embyronic stem cells can cure cancer, then I'm all for it.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:17 PM (NadeK)
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 14, 2011 06:18 PM (cBVAS)
the good thing about embryonic stem cells is that neither babies nor adults have to die
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:14 PM (NadeK)
What is truth?
Posted by: Pontius Pilate at November 14, 2011 06:18 PM (QaKuj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2011 06:19 PM (SB0V2)
We need the government to support OUR companies...god knows the chinese government supports THEIR companies.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:19 PM (NadeK)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:17 PM (NadeK)
--You do know that utilitarianism is a deeply flawed and illogical philosophy, right dum-dum?
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2011 06:19 PM (QaKuj)
And how do you decide? can I call a egg life as well?
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:20 PM (NadeK)
We need the government to support OUR companies...god knows the chinese government supports THEIR companies.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:19 PM (NadeK)
--If pissing away money on failed tech is what the Chinese are doing, we have to do it!!!!
Posted by: Solyndra, Inc. at November 14, 2011 06:21 PM (QaKuj)
Actually, they cause cancer, Dum-dum, more often than not.
(Not sure how injecting wild cells from another person is going to cure your own cells from wild reproduction, but it's obvious that you don't understand the science involved anyway...)
Posted by: nickless, back with the banned (99.174.64.43) at November 14, 2011 06:21 PM (cBVAS)
You say that as if there is a perfect philosophy. Every philosophy is flawed...I seek the ones that gets the most out of a cost-benefit analysis.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 06:21 PM (NadeK)
Even so, it's not yet a full life. Posted by:proudonkey
Neither are you. May I propose sucking the fat out where your brain should be so we can cure sheep dingle berry syndrome?
Posted by: Ronster at November 14, 2011 06:23 PM (/c/ec)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2011 06:24 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2011 06:24 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:20 PM (NadeK)"
I heard Ace masturbates, so I say he has killed billions.
Posted by: Cold Play at November 14, 2011 06:24 PM (b+YfK)
Lucianne.
proud donk, some in your own party believe a life can be snuffed right before a normal delivery.
so where's you line? when is it not worth saving, a 30 week infant born early? is that ok? some 26 week infant born survive, , can we use that one?
Posted by: willow at November 14, 2011 06:25 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: willow at November 14, 2011 06:26 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Towncar at November 14, 2011 06:26 PM (vGw5s)
Posted by: Waterhouse at November 14, 2011 06:28 PM (htJXW)
Posted by: willow at November 14, 2011 06:28 PM (h+qn8)
You say that as if there is a perfect philosophy. Every philosophy is flawed...I seek the ones that gets the most out of a cost-benefit analysis.
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:21 PM (NadeK)
--Hello?
That's utilitarianism, dum-dum!!!!
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2011 06:31 PM (QaKuj)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:20 PM (NadeK)
Are you really that stupid? (that's a rhetorical question) Did you ever take a biology class?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 14, 2011 06:40 PM (sg8Mj)
Posted by: proudonkey at November 14, 2011 10:17 PM (NadeK)
if that potential is there why wont any private concern fund it??
Posted by: chas at November 14, 2011 07:22 PM (xAq1C)
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Side effects: It tastes nasty. And it won't help you get laid.
Bottoms up, morons....
Posted by: Dr. Ace at November 14, 2011 08:08 PM (GkYyh)
Posted by: Rbastid at November 14, 2011 08:15 PM (DDLLg)
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Posted by: drfredc at November 14, 2011 09:25 PM (iNKlO)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at November 14, 2011 09:28 PM (vQfJ3)
Interesting time for this to show up. Geron is packing it in on embryonic stem cell research.
The article completely ignores that much of the companies problems are due to its insistence on pursuing the embryonic approach and that it could have avoided this easily. If any of the trials prove out you'll see a rush to restart them using adult cells. A delay that could easily have been avoided.
One of the participants tries to raise the specter of China taking the lead in biotech but who really cares? There are all sorts of interesting medical applications for having no moral barriers whatsoever. For all we know, the leaders of China maintain farms of children created to be their future organ donors, or some other 'Bug Jack Barron' scenario. The fact is, any demonstrated success with embryonic cells can also be pursued with treated adult cells.
Somebody desperately awaiting a treatment right now may object to anything that slows down the rate of research but a century from now, when the treatments will likely be common, I suspect the recipients will appreciate being able to look themselves in the mirror everyday rather than feel nagging doubts about the human cost for the rest of their days.
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