Re: C, Re Stem Cell

[Guest guest]

C.,

I can relate to that. You already feel like a fool having called the wrong

place to begin with and to let them know that you're a nut, I couldn't stand

the thought of it. Ha. And that lady was probably still trying to find the

order that wasn't there and probably planned to call you back when she did

find it. Ha. What I always do is I'll have in mind which friend I want to

talk on the phone with first and another friend will come to mind, so I end

up calling the last friend first. Then you talk to them however long and

hang up with them. Then try to call the first friend now but someone else

comes to mind and then it's a vicious cycle. I never call the first friend

first. They're always last or I never call at all because I've forgotten

who I wanted to talk to, to begin with. Weird.

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C, Re Stem Cell

> Dear . . . Yes, the laws prohibiting stem cell usage are governed

> by the need for votes and not the need for health issues. Sounds crass

> but it's true. You're right, cord blood should always be saved. This

> will happen in the future. But when? Times will have to change but in

> the meantime many people will die waiting for organs, cancer patients

> waiting for spinal treatments, and, I suspect, lupus patients will

> benefit from these marvelous materials and procedures too. Especially

> those with organ involvement but there will no doubt be help for all

> auto-immune problems once the techniques are allowed to be studied and

> used. Unfortunately rigid beliefs die slowly. I've been told a slice

> of tissue as small as a fingernail can be implanted into a failing organ

> and the organ will begin to regenerate. In this country pig cells and

> tissue are allowed to be studied but they are a poor substitute for

> human tissue.