Recently, I attended a presentation by a Chinese Dr. (A Harvard med school graduate) in which he described some of the stem cell research programs at one of China's leading medical schools in Shanghai. I was blown away by the extent of the research, almost none of which gets published for western consumption. (He explained that the Publish or Perish mentality doesn't exist in China.)
Stem cell research in China apparently got its original boost because the Chinese have no ethical problems re embryo stem cells, and it was seen as an area that they could develop with relatively little competition from the US and other western countries. That said, the focus of the research there has now drifted away from embryonic stem cell research to adult stem cell research, which they have found to be much more productive. It was almost hard to believe the results that the presenter showed. For example, he showed photos of monkeys that had entire limbs regenerated. Impossible to tell if they were phonies, but the Dr. seemed legitimate enough. (He is practicing in the US and is affiliated with a local medical research clinic, the Weil Institute.) Anybody out there have any additional light to shed on this topic? Mike Burwen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
