Olympic Gold for Adult Stem Cells
by David Prentice
September 26, 2008
In case you missed it, Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden won the gold medal in the men’s open-water swim marathon. His win is significant in itself, but even more so because just 7 1/2 years ago he was in a desperate struggle, battling leukemia. He won that battle because of an adult stem cell transplant. The gold medalist is only one of thousands of lives saved by adult stem cells, the only stem cell showing any success with patients.
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By: Suricou Raven | September 26, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Ah… you count bone marrow transfer as a form of cell therepy. I couldn’t figure out how you were managing to justify a few of your claims, but it makes more sense now.
Well, technically your classification is correct… It’s something like counting a peg-leg as an artificial limb. While it may, strictly speaking, be accurate, it’s not exactly the same level of sophistication.