Re: [MSA]question on umbilical cord stem cell use...Bill

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Thanks for the info, Bill. I know that cord blood is

already being used as a treatment for some types of

leukemia. A little girl in our church had a cord blood

transplant to treat her leukemia. I just didn't know

if cord blood could some day be used to treat

conditions like MSA.

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We never know what may be possible in the future. Once they have actually

isolated the the specific cells and learned to grow them, they may find ways

around

problems and be able to engineer cells to grow. They feel that they have

already found a way to make an inexustable supply of stem cells from the

existing in vitro blastocysts.

Adult stem cells have been curing leukemia for many years. We heard about

experimental bone marrow transplant experiments at NIH as early as the 1960's

when I was tested to see if my bone marrow could help a friend's wife life.

Bone marrow transplants gave her about two additional years of life. So who

knows what the future holds.

However the basic research still needs to be done now. That is why they put so

much time and money into the human geome project. Out of that project, they

have already identified 40 genes (out of about 30,000) that can cause diseases.

Here are some articles about it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54653-2001Feb10.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54998-2001Feb10.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45440-2001Feb8.html

The second one explains why identical twins may not both get a disorder like

MSA. These articles also explin why I feel the research is so important. Just

like the discovery of penicillin and later the Salk vaccine for polio. My dad

had polio in 1917 and it crippled him for life. I am glad to have research that

will prevent pain, suffering and crippling. As a Christian, I feel Christ

taught us to help our fellow man in any way we can.

Take care, Bill and Charlotte

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M Bruner wrote:

> Thanks for the info, Bill. I know that cord blood is

> already being used as a treatment for some types of

> leukemia. A little girl in our church had a cord blood

> transplant to treat her leukemia. I just didn't know

> if cord blood could some day be used to treat

> conditions like MSA.

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