Editorial- Why Academia Slows the Search for Cures

cheerleader · Post by **cheerleader** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:49 am

http://www.newsweek.com/id/200599

cheer

scorpion · Post by **scorpion** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:14 am

How sad. I will have to pass this along to my wife who is a researcher at a NC college. Her research is primarily related to finding treatment for different types of cancer but she recently has looked into working with stem cells to address a variety of diseases. Funny thing is Cheer she would probably agree with you!!!

cheerleader · Post by **cheerleader** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:45 am

scorpion wrote:How sad. I will have to pass this along to my wife who is a researcher at a NC college. Her research is primarily related to finding treatment for different types of cancer but she recently has looked into working with stem cells to address a variety of diseases. Funny thing is Cheer she would probably agree with you!!!

hey scorpion...
Didn't write it, just posted it- but it is sad. Thought the NIH angle was interesting. I"ll bet if Jeff and I and you and your wife all sat down, we'd find out we had alot more in common than you might expect

and now I understand your keen interest in stem cells- very cool.
all best,
cheer

mrhodes40 · Post by **mrhodes40** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:56 am

Good article. I liked it a lot there is more and more coming out in this line of thought and it is all good for us I believe!

rainer · Post by **rainer** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:45 pm

http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-7420.html

carolew · Post by **carolew** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:01 pm

That is why I am going for the stem cell transplant before they publish fancy top rated articles and I will not wait for the grants of a pharmaceutical company to fund this research. My two cents... Carole

dignan · Post by **dignan** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:14 pm

Hey rainer, I missed your original post, but I'm glad you put the link in because I hadn't read the comments on the article, but they're really interesting. A number of very well-informed people making lots of interesting points.

Shayk · Post by **Shayk** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:08 pm

Striking to me that Stein worked on progesterone for 40 years before getting it to a larger clinical trial for TBI--suggests it certainly won't be in a clinical trial for MS in my lifetime.

Some years ago I simultaneously sent 7 "collaborating" MS academic centers info on progesterone and potential applicability to MS (incorporating MS research from those same MS centers) and didn't receive an acknowledgement from any of them--I still find it rather bizarre.

Rainer--I've also sent info on progesterone to the Myelin Repair Project--they did respond and were grateful for the information.

It is really sad...

Sharon