Curing multiple sclerosis
▻http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21688848-stem-cells-are-starting-prove-their-value-medical-treatments-cur
Un exemple objectif (et potentiellement très dangereux comme expliqué plus bas) d’une #vulgarisation scientifique erronée.
Stem Cell Transplant in Multiple Sclerosis : Next Steps
▻http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/859546
Benjamin Segal, MD, the Holtom-Garrett Professor of Neurology and director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, added in an interview with Medscape Medical News, “Every time I’m in clinic I am asked about stem cells. There are private companies out there that exploit desperate people.”
“One of my patients with progressive MS went to Germany to get some type of intrathecal embryonic stem cell injection,” Dr Segal said. “A few months later, her husband informed me that she developed meningitis as a complication, and she died.”