With the FDA approval of the first human stem cell trial from the Geron Corporation, there can be no doubt that dozens of other human clinical trials will quickly follow on its heels for approval for hESCs to be used in human beings to treat everything from spinal cord injuries to Alzheimer’s Disease to cancer.
What I doubt is the hype I read on the Huffington Post blog that “If these hESCs are safe, and perform as hoped, that injection will be the 21st century’s “shot-heard-round-the-world”.”
It would be a mistake and a disservice to this research, just as it has been to adult stem cell research, research with iPSCs, or any other area of research to advocate now, on the precipice of human trials, that this single study is the game changer.…
