Comments on: Evil Kneecaps and more…. http://everyday.bechelbronn.com/2009/01/27/evil-kneecaps-and-much-more/ A Daily Diary of Discovery Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ann http://everyday.bechelbronn.com/2009/01/27/evil-kneecaps-and-much-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Ann Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:18:48 +0000 http://everyday.bechelbronn.com/?p=1470#comment-1229 I agree we don't want any evil knee caps, nor do I want rabbit or sheep stem cells injected into me as is currently offered in Austria and Mexico (I could REALLY act strange then) - but there are a lot of diseases that can potentially benefit from further advances in stem cell research and treatments, beyond the making of new body parts. Unfortunately, now one must travel out of country to obtain such treatment for any variety of diseases - using one's own adult stem cells - without ablating the immune system with chemo first, which seems to be a requirement in the US. I for one, am not willing to voluntarily go through chemo. But can I want to wait the requisite 5 to 7 years for the US to accept others' protocol? I may regret it if I do. I agree we don’t want any evil knee caps, nor do I want rabbit or sheep stem cells injected into me as is currently offered in Austria and Mexico (I could REALLY act strange then) – but there are a lot of diseases that can potentially benefit from further advances in stem cell research and treatments, beyond the making of new body parts.

Unfortunately, now one must travel out of country to obtain such treatment for any variety of diseases – using one’s own adult stem cells – without ablating the immune system with chemo first, which seems to be a requirement in the US. I for one, am not willing to voluntarily go through chemo. But can I want to wait the requisite 5 to 7 years for the US to accept others’ protocol? I may regret it if I do.

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