How long do you want to live?

[Armin]

One question, you don't think stem cells (or some derivative) can be used to slow down (by at least 50%) degenerative diseases, Within the next 10 years or so?
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Certain diseases to some extent: yes, absolutely. We worked on rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative heart muscle conditions, and bone degeneration. I know some folks that can do amazing things (in a model system :P ) with neural tissue regeneration.

The things we're talking here are all limited in scope, have a very specific "application window" and will usually work fine, but not do miracles.

All those things have one in common though: they are pathological conditions (aka: actual diseases, failures of a natural system) NOT plain old mortality... B)

Oh, and: none of the conditions mentioned above, where there will be actual treatments possible within realistic time frames, requires embryonal stem cells.