Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
by kobeya on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:12AM
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Yes, let's just let these ladies go blind and die infirm because the treatment hadn't passed stage 3 trials yet.
There is such a thing as medical experimentation under informed consent.
Re:Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
by scott_s on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:05AM
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I think you're thinking this is more likely to be an honest attempt at a medical treatment, with the goal of furthering scientific and medical knowledge. I think that is extraordinarily unlikely. I think it is more likely that this is a scam.
My reasons are that (as others have pointed out), one does not start medical trials on humans; I am unaware of any plausible reason for why this would help in the first place (stem cells are not magic); they apparently did not follow proper protocols for eye treatments (start with one eye instead of both); the women were clearly not informed of the risks; and finally, this was a paid treatment.
For more, see these two blog posts I pointed out in another comment: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/alzheimers-and-... and http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/more-stem-cell-...
True. But not before scientific due diligence is performed. Animal studies, toxicology studies, efficacy studies, safety studies etc etc etc.
Not just injecting stem cells into old ladies eyes to see what happens and make some cash while doing so.