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To: Bob434
The new treatment methods being researched edit out or otherwise disable injurious genes in functional adult cells. Since the immunological features of those cells are not affected, there would be no need to take anti-rejection drugs on a permanent basis.
15 posted on 01/26/2015 3:04:55 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

That’s cool- I have Crohn’s disease, nd have been optimistically skeptical that a ‘cure’ is in the near future, and I’ve read there were stem cell replacement treatments but they were really horrendous to go through- I’m probably too old to live to see the day they do find a cure, and mine has caused massive damage, and there isn’t much left- so a ‘cure’ wouldn’t really matter now for me anyways- but it would be cool if people with this disease, and other diseases could face possible cures without having to endure lifelong dangerous anti-rejection drugs, or have to go through excruciating proceedures getting the cure administered0-


16 posted on 01/29/2015 10:01:16 AM PST by Bob434
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