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1 posted on 11/10/2018 6:36:21 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Fascinating.

The only problem would be if the stem cells over grow or mutate, which I guess could cause convulsions or the like, but if it can truly cure Parkinson’s, it would be great.


2 posted on 11/10/2018 6:44:44 PM PST by struggle
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Isn’t dopamine insensitivity also a problem with Parkinson’s?


3 posted on 11/10/2018 6:45:22 PM PST by LukeL
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Whatever happened to embryonic stem cells? At one time that was a bigger scam than global warming.


5 posted on 11/10/2018 6:54:32 PM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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The iPS cells from healthy donors have been developed into the precursors of dopamine-producing brain cells, which are no longer present in people with Parkinson’s disease. […]

Sounds good. But.... what if the healthy donor cells decide to quit producing dopamine once they are in your brain ?

Maybe the reason the your original brain cells quit producing dopamine is because of you, not the cells.

7 posted on 11/10/2018 6:55:38 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Bah, hundreds of refugees could do this with their eyes closed.

(obvious sarcasm should be obvious...)


12 posted on 11/10/2018 7:36:49 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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This has been attempted before. And the result was less than stellar.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post-sunday/20070624/282200826505588

Dr Robert Iacono tried this, with fetal stem cells, back in 1989, and since he couldn't find a hospital in the US that would permit it, he dragged his patient, one Max Truex, to a clinic in Zhengzhou, China, where he had no problem in "acquiring" fetal cells.

The Chinese and Iacono were somewhat casual about separating out the proper cells, and when the autopsy was performed, on Truex's brain, they found foetal teeth, hair, bone...

13 posted on 11/10/2018 7:52:40 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Interesting that the inject them into the more stable masculine logical left hemisphere of the brain before trying the more unstable emotional feminine right hemisphere!!!! Humor intended.


21 posted on 11/11/2018 3:23:07 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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