I would like to think we're all smarter than to fall for the snake oil 
salesmen but I'm afraid the reality is the lack of money that keeps us from 
paying for such dubious treatments rather than reason.

I ascribe the same label of "snake oil" to the posts advocating hyperbolic 
treatment for CP which pop up here occasionally on this list.  There is no 
scientific proof that it works and any testimonials are anecdotal at best, 
not real.   Anytime you get a promise of a cure for CP, run for the hills 
cos there ain't no such thing, at least not any that are scientifically 
viable.

Kat

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From: "Peter Hunsberger" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:45 AM
Newsgroups:   bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Skin cells made to mimic stem cells - Cloning and stem cells- 
msnbc.com

> On Nov 23, 2007 7:25 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hmmm.  I wonder why more media attention hasn't been given to ex-utero
>> umbilical cord stem cell studies?  Successful transplants (especially
>> sibling-to-sibling) have been around since 1988.
>>
>
> Well, generally, ex-utero umbilical cord stem cells aren't
> pluripotent, though they do have some limited abilities. If you look
> around you will find that there are few peer reviewed scientific
> studies that indicate success using such autolgous stem cells. The
> ones that do exist are for very specific outcomes that aren't yet
> therapeutically useful; they are still in the research stage!
> Unfortunately, there are a lot of snake oil sales men around that will
> be happy to take your money (usually 10's of thousands of dollars) to
> inject such cells into your child.  Even more unfortunately there are
> people around desperate enough to try this.Before anyone on this lists
> attempts this I implore them to do independent research; there are
> many pseudo scientific reports that are being used to support these so
> called therapies that have no real basis in fact.
>
> -- 
> Peter Hunsberger
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