My 11 year old son has a spinal cord injury (www.helppatrickwalk.org). Do you think they will ever discover a cure?
2006-07-19 12:05:58 · 16 answers · asked by jenniferkayler 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I'm fairly sure they'll find a cure eventually. I also think there's a very good chance that your son will walk again within his lifetime. However, the most promising field for the treatment of spinal injuries is stem cells, as this research will ultimately lead to the ability to induce cells to differentiate to become different types of cells, and to induce cells to grow. Unfortunately, stem cell research has been set back several years by Bush's ignorance. Apparently crushing a little boy's hope to save the lives of dead embryos is the moral thing to do.
2006-07-19 12:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they will and it won't be another 50 years, but much sooner. We really needed Bush to pass the Stem Cell Research bill in order to have an even better chance at curing spinal cord injuries. Of course, I don't know enough about the politics behind the bill that he vetoed, so I won't rely on that for my knowledge, but I do know that scientists are giving up and we have to support them in their efforts.
I pray the best for you and your son. May the cure come soon!
2006-07-19 12:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by aprilc232 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people need to realize that there is no such thing as a cure, especially for spinal chord injuries. the body will always be damaged, no matter what you do to it. i was born with spina bifida myelomeningocele, and i suffered paralysis during an operation to correct the defect. i've been paralyzed from the knee down since. i have gained a LOT of strength, and i can walk, but i will never be cured. i am confident that your son can recover to the extent to where he can walk or even run (as i did), but he will always have the injury, and will always have complications.
oh and as a rebuttle to the other responses, stem cell research is NOT illegal. it just won't receive federal funding.
2006-07-19 12:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by brainlessbandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that was one of the things scientists thought stem cell research might be able to cure. There have been promissing test results. Unfortunately President Bush vetoed the stem cell research bill today (July 19) so the cure is unobtainable here in the US. It might be worth it to look into medical treatment in another country. Good luck!
2006-07-19 12:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is hope. In the department at the university I work in, we are on our way to understand how the central nervous system can regenerate and form connections again.
Every day passes by with new data, experiments, and ideas. Though research takes a long time, without it, we wouldn't be anywhere. Funding such research institutions is probably the best way to coming closer to a cure!
Don't give up! I know we aren't!
2006-07-19 12:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few treatments, most of them are palliative. But don't you worry, they are working on many of them. And with the boom in genetic research that has been going on since 2000, there will be alot of new treatments and cures in all sorts of diseases/conditions, including spinal cord injuries.
2006-07-19 12:12:26 · answer #6 · answered by Cor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stem cells will eventually be able to repair the damage, provided the Gov gets past the "ethics" of the whole thing and realizes that stem cells are our hope for cures for most of the diseases and injuries that have seemed hopeless for so long. Good luck to you and your son.
2006-07-19 12:13:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
seems your outta luck lady til we get rid of this moron in the white house, he vetoed stem cell research today with all his "moral" authority. Maybe a cure will be found in another country then the moron and his moron followers can put forth a law forbidding Americans to take advantage of it.
2006-07-19 12:09:47 · answer #8 · answered by jerzeme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it will take the use of some kind of stem cell therapy, and at this point it is only theoretical in humans. However, it has been shown to possible in lab mice, so maybe its possible in humans too.
2006-07-19 14:10:08 · answer #9 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not while we have idiots in office who will not allow embryonic research. Nor will we find a cure for diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, and a host of other potentially cure-able diseases. Our president is killing your son. Good luck, and I am sorry.
p.s. He is also killing my father and brother...
2006-07-19 12:09:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋