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Originally posted by trouserrat
Man, I don't know what I was doing taking all those classes to fulfill the requirements of a PRE-MED concentration in order to then take the MCAT's to get into medical school. I must have been dreaming. Major: Cell Biology Concentration: Pre-med. Sorry they didn't offer that where you went to school.
Anyhow, if you don't think Christopher Reeve knew what could and couldn't be done for his condition (the dude campaigned tirelessly for his cause, had multiple doctors, and 10 people a day to make his arms and legs move), you are the biggest moron around. Yes, stem cells can help acute injuries, no they can't cure chronic injuries such as his as of yet. Now can you enlighten me with anything else they taught you when you got your prestigious master's? I've always wondered which came first...the chicken or the egg?
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Pre-Med is NOT a degree dumbass, it is just a set of classes you have to take (Organic Chem, Inorganic Chem, Physics, Bio courses ect..), which are required for admission to U.S. medical schools. I was also Pre-Med and got into a medical school but decided not to go. Cell Biology, which you claim you studied, is a Degree.
Back to our topic, as CamChicks has posed, they are numerous of studies where stem cell transplants help to repair spinal cord injuries in rats and mice, so this is a FACT. Maybe the time has not yet come to apply this to humans, because of our dumb headed Bush, which he calls himself the president, but in near time future, if this research gains momentum, the cure will be possible. So instead of saying "stem cells can not cure my injury", Reeves should have said, Bush's stupid policies, which hold back the cure.
If you are a Cell Bio major, you should know of the major journals and websites, go to New England Journal of Medicine, Medline ect.. you will find enormous info on stems cells and how they do miracles in animals.