2011-05-17, 08:06 PM
hadriel Wrote:You know what I REALLY don't like? It's to give people so much hope, only to collapse it because of complications. Already we have complications from certain iPS treatment in which the patient rejects the graft. All it takes is one such case during phase II and the treatment would be subject to severe studying. If I'm your mum I would be very happy too, but I would also be quite disappointed if this became false hope. Of course I could take it that as good as nothing really happened, but not to others.
She was happy for "Some progress," not tangible results. I really think you can't understand how much a tiny step in the right direction is appreciated until you've lived with a person suffering from the disease they're trying to cure (I'm not saying you haven't; this is simply how I feel. I have no intent to offend in the least). Sure, it's small and it may amount to nothing, but hell, it's something. If everyone just gave up and said "NOPE NOTHING IS GOING TO WORK SORRY" we will never progress. I can't agree with the attitude that I have perceived from you from this post. I may seem overly optimistic, but I just come off that way arguing the more optimistic side of the point. Besides, the sort of progress necessary for real results will happen in a university lab, not a pharmaceutical one.
One more thing - iPS cell grafts will not suffer from rejection. The iPS cells are cells taken from the patient the grafts are used on, so there is no chance of rejection.