Patients may be misled on stem cell benefits
Sandra Ryan Some people with incurable diseases may be misled about
how stem cell research can help them, a leading neurologist has told
Irish Medical Times.
Some people with incurable diseases may be misled about how stem cell
research can help them, a leading neurologist has told Irish Medical
Times.
Speaking ahead of next week's annual Neurology Update Meeting,
focusing on the use of stem cells in neurology, Dr Orla Hardiman said
some of her patients have been "exploited" by the stem cell industry,
and have travelled to places like Ukraine in the hope that stem cell
therapy will cure their disease.
"It is important to put into context the potential benefits, but also
the current limitations, in the use of stem cells," said Dr Hardiman,
a consultant neurologist in Beaumont Hospital.
"I've had patients who have raised money to go to places like Ukraine
or Rotterdam in the vain hope that stem cell therapy is going to cure
their incurable disease. I think it's very important to be clear
about what stem cells can do. What we want to do, with this
conference, is inject a bit of realism into the media coverage about
stem cell research."
She said although it is "very premature" to think about stem cells
curing certain neuro-degenrative disorders, there is potential in the
future for this to happen.
"There are just a lot of technical and logistical problems in
figuring out how best to manage stem cells, where to get them, and,
when you get them, how to manipulate them to turn into the cells you
want them to turn into," she said.
The conference will be held in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin on 8
September.
It is being organised by the Irish Institute of Clinical
Neuroscience.
Prof Arnold Kriegstein, from the University of California, San
Francisco, will describe the potential use of stem cells in neurology.
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