[MetaThought]

To play Devil’s Advocate, we need to test Embyronic Stem Cells to see what they are capable of, to duplicate it with Adult Stem Cells.

[Sacajaweau]

There were some existing lines to work with...this is a NEW line.

[Yossarian]

To play Devil’s Advocate, we need to test Embyronic Stem Cells to see what they are capable of, to duplicate it with Adult Stem Cells.

What Adult Stem Cells have proven to be capable of:

Cancers:

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Brain Cancer Retinoblastoma Ovarian Cancer Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma Testicular Cancer Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Hodgkin's Lymphoma Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Cancer of the lymph nodes:     Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplasia Breast Cancer

Neuroblastoma Renal Cell Carcinoma Various Solid Tumors Soft Tissue Sarcoma Ewing's Sarcoma Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis POEMS syndrome Myelofibrosis

Auto-Immune Diseases

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Diabetes Type I (Juvenile) Systemic Lupus Sjogren's Syndrome Myasthenia Autoimmune Cytopenia Scleromyxedema Scleroderma Crohn's Disease

Behcet's Disease Rheumatoid Arthritis Juvenile Arthritis Multiple Sclerosis Polychondritis Systemic Vasculitis Alopecia Universalis Buerger's Disease

Cardiovascular

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Acute Heart Damage
Chronic Coronary Artery Disease

Ocular

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Corneal regeneration

Immunodeficiencies

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
X-linked Hyper immunoglobulin M Syndrome

Neural Degenerative Diseases and Injuries

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Parkinson's Disease
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke Damage

Anemias and Other Blood Conditions

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Sickle Cell Anemia Sideroblastic Anemia Aplastic Anemia Red Cell Aplasia Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia

Thalassemia Primary Amyloidosis Diamond Blackfan Anemia Fanconi's Anemia Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection

Wounds and Injuries

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Limb Gangrene
Surface Wound Healing
Jawbone Replacement
Skull Bone Repair

Other Metabolic Disorders

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Hurler's Syndrome
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Krabbe Leukodystrophy
Osteopetrosis
Cerebral X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

Liver Disease

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Chronic Liver Failure
Liver Cirrhosis

Bladder Disease

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End-Stage Bladder Disease

What Embryonic Stem Cells have been shown to be capable of:

Let them both be great at what they're great at.

Don't destroy the latter to get it to do the job of the former!

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“To play Devil’s Advocate, we need to test Embyronic Stem Cells to see what they are capable of, to duplicate it with Adult Stem Cells.”

Might be able to do the same with cord blood. Also, instead of trying to push differentiation of embryonic cells at this point, they should be surveying their epigenetic programming so that it can be replicated in iPS cells. This is, and has been more of a political wedge issue than a real scientific sticking point.