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21 Aug 2012, 4:10 am

Do you think this video is a fraud about stem cells helping people with autism? I don't know what to think about it. I think if it truly worked wouldn't the autism community know more about it. Watch this video and tell me what you think. Its a bit long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FaGf0h2 ... re=related



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21 Aug 2012, 11:39 am

Absolutely. Stem cells are being touted as the next new cure by quacks everywhere; and, what's worse, unlike many "miracle cures", they can be dangerous. Stem cells can carry disease, just like a blood transfusion or an organ transplant, and many doctors selling stem-cell "therapy" will get theirs from unknown or inadequately tested sources.

There is no evidence that stem cells will do anything for autism. While they are a promising field of research, we are still in the very early stages. For anything but bone-marrow transplants, stem cells are experimental. For autism, there is no well-done research to back up the claims that stem cells may help.

Stem cells cost a lot of money. Leave them to the researchers, and instead use the money to buy something useful--piano lessons, speech therapy, a good computer, a library of books. Something that will enrich you or your kid's life. Not a doubtful, unproven, dangerous miracle cure.


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21 Aug 2012, 11:53 pm

While stem cells hold promise for many things, I don't see them as a cure all for any and all Austism at this time. Further research and investigation is needed. Any sort of "cure" claims at this time are premature.


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08 Dec 2016, 12:20 am

Stem cells to treat autism: success or wishful thinking?

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Paul Knoepfler, a professor of cell biology and human anatomy at the University of California School of Medicine in Davis, told NJJN, “To date, I’m not aware of any conclusive data showing that stem cells are successful in treating autism.... A very small number of FDA-approved studies are ongoing,” but, he said, they are in their early days, so it’s “too soon to say what they will find.

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Since 2002 the International Society for Stem Cell Research has been amassing data from 4,100 scientific professionals researching the effectiveness of stem cell therapies. Jack Mosher, the organization’s scientific affairs manager, was dubious that the use of umbilical cord stem cells could treat the symptoms of autism. “Scientifically speaking it is hard to understand how it could work,” he told NJJN.


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A major donor to stem cell research is The Marcus Foundation, which makes large-scale grants to find “innovative therapies” for treating autism and other severe diseases


While the article does give you the basics about this issue unfortunatly you have to read through "lost" and "recovery" language


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