[TheForge] Way OT. Stem cell cures. (was: Doug Henderson )

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Ditto


> 
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> Date: 2004/09/30 Thu AM 09:18:55 EDT
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] Way OT.  Stem cell cures.  (was: Doug Henderson )
> 
> What the powers that be don't want you to know is that the effects of
> Parkinson's disease can be completely reversed by means of stem cells. 
> This was demonstrated over TEN YEARS ago when a doctor out in CA came up
> with a "model animal" - certain drug users.
> 
> This was actually a rather amusing episode.  Seems some drug "designer"
> in No. Calif. made a mistake one batch and got an unexpected byproduct. 
> He sold the stuff on the street anyway.  The byproduct destroyed part of
> the brain, giving rise to rather extreme Parkinson-like symptoms.  The
> amusing part (to the rest of us) was that the druggies that took the
> stuff supported their habits by break-in and theft.  Their careers in
> theft were adversely affected by the Parkinson-like symptoms. 
> Specifically, the cops found human "statues," obviously in the process
> of pilfering a home.
> 
> The doctor in question ultimately identified the byproduct causing the
> symptom.  I THINK he was then able to induce Parkinson-like symptoms in
> lab animals, and to show that stem cells could be used to reverse the
> process and restore normal function.  I KNOW he was able to do this in
> some of the human victims.
> 
> This should have been milestone work.  A CURE for Parkinsons (symptoms,
> at least - maybe not the root cause of the disease).
> 
> Unfortunately, human stem cell lines come from aborted fetuses.  You
> know the rest of the story.  The arch conservatives in office banned
> stem cell research, and that was the end of the story.
> 
> This is one of several reasons I'll be voting for Kerry this year.
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
> >>> dann at wctatel.net 9/29/2004 3:51:14 PM >>>
> 
> Lou Gehrigs'  disease  slowly causes loss of motor control, but usually
>  the 
> mind remains alert and sharp to the end. It is now more commonly called
> 
> "A.L.S."  This was the illness that took my mother-in-law.  She fought
> it 
> with  as much dignity as possible  for more than 3 years,  but she had
> a 
> "living will" calling for no feeding tubes.  That way the end comes,
> when 
> the swallowing reflex fails. 
> 
> The more common welder's associated disease is Parkinson's (P.D.) ,
> which 
> similarly steals motor skills, but also has another component:
> demensia. PD 
> and ALS use many of the same drugs to stave off the effects of the
> diseases, 
> for a while.   There is currently no cure for either, but stem cell
> research 
> offers the best hope. 
> 
> 
> Dann Johnson
> *********
> Mike Linn writes: 
> 
> > 
> > I think you meant Doug Hendrickson has Lou Gehrigs disease. 
> > 
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