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Originally Posted by christiangirl
You can call me ignorant but you're being ignorant of my point: Ish happens. People die from all sorts of things so, if a person WANTS the all-or-nothing option, they should be allowed to do so if it's available.
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"Ish happens" and "people die from all sorts of things" is a horrible foundation for the
legal and regulated practice of medicine.
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Originally Posted by christiangirl
I have personal recollection of a man who was treated with an HIV drug cocktail that DID kill him because it was the wrong combination of drugs for his body. Taking the wrong cocktail is "not a big risk" now but it wasn't always that way. There is reduced risk now because medicine is more advanced and the correct combinations can be pinpointed without so much trial-and-error. Who is to say that, if this option were worth pursuing and the proper research was done, stem cell research wouldn't be so risky for future generations? You speak as though stem cell transplants will always carry the risk they do now but given how many have said more research and testing should have been done before this announcement, I would think it'd be obvious that this thread isn't solely about the possibility of today.
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LOL. AOIIAngel is in the medical profession and she's just stating the risk of these transplants. She isn't pretending to be able to tell the future. You speak as though anyone definitively knows what these transplants will carry in the future.
These stories reveal exploratory findings and that's why they should hold off until there are more tests. They shouldn't get anxious people all excited over something that might cure HIV or might turn the patient into an HIV infected unicorn. Ya never know and shit happens, right?
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