[AKA_Monet]

Given the deaths of both Ken Caminiti and Christopher Reeves due to HEART DISEASE, and the discussion on stem cell research by both presidential candidates and many other candidates--and the fact the California will be having a vote on stem cell research, it just seems fitting to bump this topic up front...

In my professional opinion and my work and understanding in Big Pharma, most of the uses of embryonic stem cells WILL be for the treatment of heart disease and may be diabetes--specifically, type 2 insulin resistance diabetic complications--e.g. blindness or loss of circulation to limbs... Not really for the diseases mentioned by Nancy Reagan and Michael J. Fox... However, treatment for Parkinson's does show a greater promise for the use of embryonic stem cell therapy... But it will be heart disease that will be the biggest money maker for this therapy...

And cancer will not get treated by embryonic stem cells--who wants to stick these pricey cells into an "infected" body that will get destroyed anyway with no recourse??? Extremely genetically modified embryonic stem cells could be used, but retroviral suicide vectors may be more important for the treatment of cancers...