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A hint would be nice on stem-cell breakthroughs



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Published Date: 15 April 2008
By Lyndsay Moss
I HAVE lost count of the number of times in the past week that a scientist has sighed quietly at me, trying to hide their disdain as I ask the question they seem to dread.
"So how long will it be before this turns into treatment for patients?" I ask one stem-cell researcher after another. Cue sighs, a lengthy response that tells you nothing and eventually, if you are lucky, there will come a non-committal reply that i...



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A Scott,

Glasgow 15/04/2008 07:50:50
My six year old son was diagnosed with diabetes 10 days ago.( up until that day our main worry about him was that he watched too many cartoons) I read an artical in the Herald last Thurs and the Stem Cell scientists were saying that they will have a "cure" for diabetes soon etc. I have followed the newspapers avidly for a report re the Edinburgh conference but alas nothing.
You are right Lyndsay the sufferers parents and of course the diabetics themselves are not asking for a definate date jist a wee rough estimate would be something to look forward to.

 

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