State Senate passes bills for adult stem cell research

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Good article at the FoxNews by Dr. Manny Alvarez.
“It can save a child’s life if certain blood disorders develop in the early years, but there may not be enough cells to treat an older child,” Dr. Guerra continued. “Adult stem cells could hold the key to life-long health by facilitating treatment of devastating diseases and as a result increasing longevity.”
Banked adult stem cells can be used at a future date to treat a wide array of diseases, such as heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and many other diseases. Because these are a person’s own cells, there is no concern about finding a matched donor.
“A great benefit to using one’s own adult stem cells is the fact that you do not have to worry about rejection of cells since your own cells are used for your treatment,” noted Neostem’s CEO and Chairman Dr. Robin Smith, M.D., M.B.A.
To place this in perspective, consider that less than 20 percent of patients who need a bone marrow transplant actually find a match in time to treat their disease.
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Let’s get the good news out and stop wasting valuable umbilical cord stem cells.
…More parents are choosing to drain and store stem cell-rich blood from their baby’s umbilical cord and placenta at birth. Blood storage has become a boon industry for private companies such as Cord Blood Registry, which operates the nation’s largest private cord-blood bank.
San Bruno, Calif.-based CBR launched operations more than a decade ago when few knew of cord blood’s potential health benefits. Today, the company has about 500,000 blood packets at its nondescript, 80,000-square-foot building near the Tucson, Ariz., airport…
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[sign]There are 4 million births in the U.S. alone, and about 3.8 million (cord-blood units) are thrown in the trash after birth. It is simply discarded as medical waste," said Tom Moore, CBR founder and CEO.[/sign]

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Anyone who has lost a family member to cancer knows how desperate was the search for a cure. Wouldn’t it be a shame if one realized in hindsight a loved ones life might have been saved if we had had the foresight to store our umbilical cords and placenta when we had the chance?
 
This article from Investors Business Daily has an interesting note about Bill Gates. Where do you think he bet his money? :whistle:
Public money is no better than private money in reaching a medical cure for AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease and lupus. The only difference is, the private sector has an obligation to use its cash efficiently, and show results — something no government institute is obliged to do.
Moral qualms aside, stem cell research is worthwhile only if it shows meaningful results.
To date,** the private sector has spent only $120 million on this research. Virtually all of it has gone into adult and umbilical-cord stem-cell research. Bill Gates, for instance, has spent only $2 million on it, and all of it in China…**
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