Reply #31: And Big Pharma would allow a treatment that doesn't use drugs? [View All]

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First of all, I will take serious notice when a real test is written up in a peer-reviewed journal. What we have here is an anecdote reported in a newspaper. Are they using the heart disease treatment here in the US yet? If not, why? There are many quack procedures which are performed in South American hospitals, and many americans desperate for some hope go there for them, but usually there is a reason they are not used here, such, for example, the fact that they don't work.

On the other hand, and demonstrating that my cynicism runs both ways, the big pharmaceutical companies sure won't like any cure that eliminates the need for a life-long daily prescription, will they? Wonder how hard they'd fight this.

On edit, a google search reveals that the heart disease stem cell treatment is the subject of an ongoing FDA approved clinical double blind study. A prior, non-blind study conducted in the US and published in a real journal, demonstrated significant improvement in heart function.

So, much of my scepticism is relieved.

I wonder if fetal stem cells would work better than the adult cells being used in these treatments? I wonder if we will ever know.