Teen Returns From China With Ability To See

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nuff said.

I wonder if the author knows Bush isn't in office anymore.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: lupi

Originally posted by: arkcom
How does this relate to Bush's ban? This story is about umbilical cord stem cells. Researchers can do whatever they want with umbilical cord blood, including getting government grants.

because you can't make retarded statements like

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Who cares if she can see? She's an immoral child murderer :roll:

Originally posted by: jpeyton
People are going to CHINA for cutting edge medical treatment.

How far in the hole did 8 years of GOP rule put us?

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
That's amazing. If only life-saving scientific research weren't barred by silly morality and religion...

if you were to concern yourself with such facts.

You mean knee-jerk ignorant statements? If ATOT (let alone the general public and/or countless news sources) were void of those, what else would we have?

This "miracle" has no bearing on what Bush did and what Obama overturned. It does have bearing on the fact that China is a little more "open" (willy nilly I think somebody previously said) to scientific treatments and gambling.

 

[mugs]

Why are people talking about embryonic stem cells in this thread?

Originally posted by: Baked
What a load of made up shit. Everybody knows China is hell on earth according to the Tibetan demi-god dalai lama. They only murder and torture people in that country. :roll:

:thumbsup: Yeah, China really sucks.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nuff said.

I wonder if the author knows Bush isn't in office anymore.

Apparently, he's stuck in the same mind-lock as those in this thread that can't tell the difference between embryonic stem cells and other kinds of stem cells...

Nor do they seem to be able to understand that research on embryonic stem cells was not banned. Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was restricted. That was it. Research on embryonic stem cells still continued in the United States.

In the past decade, multiple treatments from adult stem cells and other kinds of stem cells have been developed. Additionally, scientists have found ways to create pluripotent stem cells like embryonic stem cells without having to destroy human embryos.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Morse now has her learner's permit for driving, something her mom never thought she'd see.

Even though it's a happy ending WTF's up with that reference? Dirty pool CBS4Denver, dirty pool.

Stem cells FTW!

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Morse now has her learner's permit for driving, something her mom never thought she'd see.

Even though it's a happy ending WTF's up with that reference? Dirty pool CBS4Denver, dirty pool.

Stem cells FTW!

err, since the kid is blind, her mother never thought she would see the day her daughter would be driving?

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Baked
What a load of made up shit. Everybody knows China is hell on earth according to the Tibetan demi-god dalai lama. They only murder and torture people in that country. :roll:

:thumbsup: Yeah, China really sucks.

I heard Hitler gave free ice cream to the kids on Thursdays.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
People are going to CHINA for cutting edge medical treatment.

How far in the hole did 8 years of GOP rule put us?

Umbilical cord stem cells != embryonic stem cells.

Troll.

 

[SAWYER]

So China is on the leading and cutting edge of science yet the simplest products they make are garbage?

 

[BabaBooey]

Hmm,will this make my penis grow the rest of the way,mine obviously stopped halfway.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
People are going to CHINA for cutting edge medical treatment.

How far in the hole did 8 years of GOP rule put us?

Let's not forget the religious leaders that helped them do it.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
So China is on the leading and cutting edge of science yet the simplest products they make are garbage?

I think China is just more willing to test stuff on humans than the rest of the world.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: bababooey
Hmm,will this make my penis grow the rest of the way,mine obviously stopped halfway.

maybe they are injecting stem cells there now too. you up for it? :evil:

 

[zoiks]

I think we should definitely look into this.
China is far more capable of what we think it is or what it can do.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Other countries progress, while we still deal with 'is this OK to do' ...

good for her though, that's gotta be an eye opening experience, no pun intended ^_^

 

[ViRaLRuSh]

Simply amazing...

 

[biggestmuff]

Evidently, sitting on a large, over-stuffed, orange sofa with an inflatable cast on your arm restores your sight.

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Returns with the ability to see more clearly.
Had she been blind before, she wouldn't have known the color green when she saw it, nor would she already be learning to drive. From what I've read of people who are blind from birth, and then given the ability to see, their brains just don't know what to do with the information. In one case I remember reading about, the person could be shown a cube and a 2D picture of a cube. He could see that there was something different about them, but he couldn't quite explain what it was.

many people who have surgeries to reverse blindness from birth want to go back to being blind. They can't navigate with sight. The thing about brain plasticity is that if you can't see from birth (for instance) the parts of your brain that account for vision will be allotted to other senses. So the person in your example probably had portions of their Occipital lobe dedicated to something besides vision and interpretation of shapes and depth.

 

[OUCaptain]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nuff said.

I wonder if the author knows Bush isn't in office anymore.

He was in 5/29/05 when the cartoon was drawn.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Who cares if she can see? She's an immoral child murderer :roll:

Originally posted by: jpeyton
People are going to CHINA for cutting edge medical treatment.

How far in the hole did 8 years of GOP rule put us?

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
That's amazing. If only life-saving scientific research weren't barred by silly morality and religion...

if you guys want to make anti religious commentary... please at least make an effort to not sound like idiots.
:roll:

the above case of this girl, nothing about GOP policy nor religious beliefs would prevent this type of stem cell research.

 

[Insomniator]

Can't believe how many idiots are talking about Bush in this thread.


Anyway so China basically just skips the whole animal testing process and throws humans right in? I actually don't have a problem with that I guess if its voluntary...

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: MrMatt

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Returns with the ability to see more clearly.
Had she been blind before, she wouldn't have known the color green when she saw it, nor would she already be learning to drive. From what I've read of people who are blind from birth, and then given the ability to see, their brains just don't know what to do with the information. In one case I remember reading about, the person could be shown a cube and a 2D picture of a cube. He could see that there was something different about them, but he couldn't quite explain what it was.

many people who have surgeries to reverse blindness from birth want to go back to being blind. They can't navigate with sight. The thing about brain plasticity is that if you can't see from birth (for instance) the parts of your brain that account for vision will be allotted to other senses. So the person in your example probably had portions of their Occipital lobe dedicated to something besides vision and interpretation of shapes and depth.

it mentioned that she's not completely blind. So she could still see, but just not so much to even drive and such. I figured she'd be legally blind, otherwise, it's BS that she can adapt so quickly.

What was that movie with Val Kilmer where he was blind, but was able to see again? I think the movie showed enough material to understand what it is like for completely blind people to see. It was based off of a special case of a person in his 50s/60s (i forgot) who was able to see, but he was never able to focus, didn't know what shadows were, etc etc..


Anyways, that said, we still need to fund stem cell research aggressively. I want the US to be the number one country in the sciences and technology. To be held back from petty arguments is almost pathetic.

 

[BW86]

simply amazing.

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
So China is on the leading and cutting edge of science yet the simplest products they make are garbage?

There are over a billion of them you know. You're bound to have some smart ones.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I have this exact same condition. They need to bring this to America.