Post by m***@hotmail.comThis is a job for <Deep Booming Voice of God> STEM CELLS!- Hide quoted text -
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STEM CELLS. Now thats a bowl of controversy.
That's the Understatement of the Day. Stem cells are more like the
Super-Bowl of controversy. :o)
Post by m***@hotmail.comThough I doubt it would help women who are sterile
Afaik, the promise of stem cells is so broad that it involves regrowing
virtually any cells or tissues that are malfunctioning. That's why
doctors hold out so much hope for them. As to *when* we might see the
promise realized, well, if the Bush's ban were lifted tomorrow, it might
still take 20-50 years to realize the potential of any specific
treatment. I wonder if there may be more potential than there are
doctors to research it.
I'm sure that there would be hard technical details associated with
regrowing the eggs themselves, but any cells produced by any phase of
development can theoretically be grown with a stem cell, and that
includes eggs, too. That's kind of a novel recursion, isn't it - using
an egg to grow an egg.
The worst that I could see happening would be that Judd's eggs would be
her faulty cells, so she could never use one of her own eggs to regrow
the necessary reproductive tissue. But the worst would then be that
she'd have to grow some other woman's eggs, which would be like using an
egg donor. I can see a new controversy arising, if the fetus donor
didn't agree to allow other people to use it to grow eggs from the
fetus. That's a little like being an unwilling egg donor, but I leave
that to the ethicists to work out.
Post by m***@hotmail.comand it must cost a load of cash.
That goes without saying, but of 'course, Ash *has* a load of cash. She
could buy a ride into space, if she wanted to, and maybe she already
has. :)
Post by m***@hotmail.comAshley has
a lot being a millionaire actress and probably got the best treatments
possible but in the end to no avail as she has not concieved.
I'm sure you're right, which is why I suggested stem cells. That's the
field that seems to hold the most promise for incurable diseases. Come
to think of it, since we'll have a Democratic president in '09, the Bush
Ban will probably soon be lifted.
Post by m***@hotmail.comIf Ashley Judd is completely Sterile she will be unable concieve and
will likely adopt
That's the only thing she can do, if the treatment she needs isn't even
in the laboratory yet.