first of its kind

[scorpion]

I thought this was news worthy enough to put this in the general forum instead of the stem cell forum.


http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/art ... 184007.htm

[whyRwehere]

Did I miss the actual result of the procedure?

[L]

Did I miss the actual result of the procedure?

The trial has only just started, that's the news. The first trial of its type, in humans. A sort-of precursor to trials with MS patients, using stem cells on a disease with a bleaker prognosis and less treatment options. Less, I hate to say it, to lose if things go wrong..


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Oh, I see, you mean, because the procedure occurred three days ago? I think that it takes longer than that for stem cells to be effective. I remember reading before about a 2-3 month time frame, but perhaps that was something completely different. In any rate, the results would take longer than that to be analysed and published.

[scorpion]

I think you are right l. It will take awhile to see if the treatment truly had an effect or not. I guess the first thing is to see if it stops disease progression and then does it actually restore functioning. Fingers crossed!