News item: Pfizer acquires technology firm for Crohn's treatment

[GoJohnnyGo]

New York Times

Based on bone marrow harvesting.

 

[shazamataz]

Bring it on!

 

[imisspopcorn]

Hallelujah.....Now, if it is profitable we are in business!

 

[MINI Cooper]

Hrm...maybe it's just me but I'm still waiting on the Cookies = Cure for Crohn's.
Transplanting marrow is ridiculously painful and sometimes deadly.
but at least this is a step forward in research.

 

[GoJohnnyGo]

MINI Cooper:

Glad to see you back!

 

[shazamataz]

I think it would be great if they could find a cure involving chocolate!

 

[pb4]

Yum, chocolate stem cells to cure IBD, though even without the chocolate I'm sitting here patiently (for the last 18.5 yrs) waiting for a cure already....okay, not very patiently but I haven't killed anyone in the last 2 decades of having this disease so that has to count for something.

 

[merrywidow]

okay, not very patiently but I haven't killed anyone in the last 2 decades of having this disease so that has to count for something.

havent actually, but thought about it many times!!!

 

[merrywidow]

the article dont say how they will get the bone marrow. is that from a donor?

 

[Creepy Lurker]

the article dont say how they will get the bone marrow. is that from a donor?

http://www.athersys.com/Home/ProductCandidates/MultiStemANovelStemCellTherapy/tabid/71/Default.aspx

http://www.athersys.com/Home/ProductCandidates/OurPipeline/tabid/69/Default.aspx

The second link shows that the IBD line is still in pre-clinical testing. I think it'll be a good few years till/if we see anything.

 

[mwb3779]

All good information. I hope something works.

 

[uab grad student]

The more options the better... we definitely need more research into potential therapies for IBD, so this is at least a step in the right direction

 

[merrywidow]

http://www.athersys.com/Home/ProductCandidates/MultiStemANovelStemCellTherapy/tabid/71/Default.aspx

http://www.athersys.com/Home/ProductCandidates/OurPipeline/tabid/69/Default.aspx

The second link shows that the IBD line is still in pre-clinical testing. I think it'll be a good few years till/if we see anything.

fab creepy. i would be up for trials on this.

 

[Kuwabara]

Its a shame that Bush banned Stem cell research during his tenure - that's 8 years of the finest American minds working on soloutions for dieseases down the drain

 

[mwb3779]

Its a shame that Bush banned Stem cell research during his tenure - that's 8 years of the finest American minds working on soloutions for dieseases down the drain

I hear you there. There's a lot of that type research can help many people, not only here in the states but aboard too.