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2-day conference in Cairo (organized by Prof El Beshlawy Ped.Hematologist)
Manal:
Hi Andy
--- Quote from: Andy on April 17, 2007, 08:04:54 PM ---Is this by any chance retrodifferentiation which is being developed by TriStem in the UK?
--- End quote ---
I talked to my hematologist Professor El Beshlawy (organizer of the conference) today and yes it is the retrodifferentiation and she told me that she will try to make a seesion about this with the patients ( till now this lecture is for the doctors only) so that we can ask about this technique.
So please if any one has any question about this retrodifferentiation, post it so i can (hopefully) ask in this session
Take care
Manal
Zaini:
Hi Manal,
I am a bit lost, do you remember i told you about an arab doctor when i emailed you? her name was dr ILHAM ABUL-JADAEEL,what her assistant told us was a lot like retrodifferentiation.Now i am wondering that if we were wrong :doh,,but why did the govt accused her for using poor people for her experimentation :huh ,i wonder what would have been the results if we had started the treatment,, may be she was offering us a help? :sigh i don't know,, please keep us updated..i am feeling STUPID. :coffeestat
ZAINI.
Manal:
hi Zaini
You shouldn't feel that way because we should be 100% sure of what we offer to our children. So may be things had developed from the time the study was conducted in Pakistan.
Anyway i am going to attend this lecture ( by the way the speaker will be Doctor Ilham) and will update you with what ever she says and i will ask if things have changed or developed from the time the study was done in your country.
By the way: I read this study and it said that only two patients died from other complications, so whom should we suspect the study or the government??????????????????????
It i really confusing
Manal
Andy Battaglia:
The government of India has also accused Dr Ilham of violating ethical guidelines by only using Indian patients in research into treating aplastic anemia. Under Indian law, parallel studies outside India must also take place. These accusations against the doctor are bureaucratic in nature and have nothing to do with the actual research. I suspect the same thing has happened in Pakistan. I don't think it's fair to say that the doctor is experimenting on the poor, when it is the poor who are most desperately seeking treatment and therefore are most willing to try a new technique, and there is also such a high percentage of poor in Pakistan. Our group has regularly seen desperate pleas for help from people in Pakistan and many have even turned to fake healers out of desperation. Thals in general have continuously volunteered for studies on new medications and techniques and those studying this technology will also find no shortage of volunteers. It should be noted that patients who died during the trials died as a result of complications from their conditions and not from the treatment.
Manal:
Hi Andy
I am really confused, could this mean that medical studies could be forged and report incorrect findings to give credits for a treatment. Who should we trust????????/
Manal
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