The Stem Cell

This comment today from a reader, responding to Miracles may be Meaningless:  

“Conquering that embryonic cancer cell has proved impossible to overcome during the decade since Thomson’s initial discovery and no one is even claiming serious progress.”

Huh…? Geron is expected to go into the clinic with the hESC GRNOPC1 cells this quarter. Also, at the FDA’s invitation, they will present the IND “bar” for future biologic INDs next week. 

Their recent 30,000 page IND submittal documents the results of over 2500 rat studies with complete spinal cord lesions given injections of these cells. They document completely controlling teratomas via differentiated cell maturity / purity, thereby eliminating cancer and teratomas through GMP purity specs. 

I could go on but, obviously, perhaps this gentleman should stay tuned next week when the future becomes more contemporary.

Ref: http://www.Geron.com