tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post8226963323658983148..comments2024-02-28T00:09:49.322-05:00Comments on Bitter~Sweet ™: My Cure, Your Cure . . . .Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836215891806148229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post-45234277187353023662016-02-12T11:38:11.527-05:002016-02-12T11:38:11.527-05:00I think that what these studies that are in the ne...I think that what these studies that are in the news now are reaching for is the next step towards the final cure. And ViaCyte/Sernova/Biohub are on very similar paths which I find encouraging. And its a HUGE step in that direction. Without the immunosuppression, this will feel like being cured. At the beginning of my islet cell transplant, before the immunosuppression started giving side Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441855736336430014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post-86090281640247789332016-02-09T22:58:24.411-05:002016-02-09T22:58:24.411-05:00I applaud ViaCyte for taking a step. I am thrille...I applaud ViaCyte for taking a step. I am thrilled by their step just the same as I am a new pump manufacturer. It is a means on the road toward an end. Not the end and for that reason I agree with you Karen. I dislike any notion that this is the end result of the road when it is a sign post at best. <br /><br />Also Karen you should know I placed this item in the web blog section of Rick Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927227605885917738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post-37070835954948821282016-02-08T14:39:08.770-05:002016-02-08T14:39:08.770-05:00They have not even tried this procedure on any siz...They have not even tried this procedure on any sizable number of humans. I wonder what all the excitement is about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post-15541222741649974762016-02-08T13:03:17.194-05:002016-02-08T13:03:17.194-05:00Oh I had the exact same thoughts. Something that ...Oh I had the exact same thoughts. Something that requires yearly surgery and lost of monitoring is a new treatment, not a cure.<br /><br />Then my second thought is, oh goodness how much would these yearly surgeries and encapsulated stem cells cost? (so, so much I'm sure) I'm not breaking out the confetti yet.Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604773543549298132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773372806308930207.post-66341613478797177202016-02-08T12:38:45.184-05:002016-02-08T12:38:45.184-05:00And it's even more frustrating because ViaCyte...And it's even more frustrating because ViaCyte doesn't call it a cure so it is 100% the media's fault. Ugh!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834565473474357037noreply@blogger.com