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To: neverdem

So while adult stem cells are being used for effective treatments in the present the treatment in the article is:

“Still, he cautions that it will take years to develop a therapy”

Years away, if ever.


4 posted on 06/02/2009 10:13:24 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change
So while adult stem cells are being used for effective treatments in the present the treatment in the article is:

"“Still, he cautions that it will take years to develop a therapy”

There is no adult stem cell therapy for Fanconi anemia. It's an inherited genetic disorder. Tests with gene therapy have been fraught with problems.

5 posted on 06/02/2009 10:40:40 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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