Posted by Jan on July 6, 1999, at 19:08:02
In reply to Re: Future treatments for emotional/mental illnesses, posted by cynthia on July 4, 1999, at 21:31:53
> Jan,
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> I heard about it on the Discovery Channel and Oprah. Supposidly, medicine will be cloning new livers and kidneys, etc., for people when they need them, and soon. These scientists all seemed very optimistic about the unlimited potential usages of this type of medicine. I was hoping someone else would know if this would or could be helpful for mental illnesses.
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> CynthiaHi, Cynthia -- Funny thing is, I used to date a guy that was on the cutting edge of this research. So far, I haven't heard about any connections to *mental* illness, but I don't make a point of keeping up-to-date on it. When I last heard about it, their goal was to create replacement organs for people in need. (You and I don't necessarily need organ replacements, just chemical readjustments!)
Here are some links to other sites, starting out with a news item that just happened to run today!
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990706/16/news-health-cells
http://www.geron.com (the company my ex-date founded)Apparently, the web has lots of other information on this research...
Good luck!
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