On it's face it's a good thing. Stem Cell research has been curtailed due to the limited visions of the previous administration and now it has hopefully been loosed unto the world to catch up with the rest of the global scientific community and to pioneer life saving and life enriching new discoveries for humans and animals alike.
I loved this story for a lot of reasons:
- Stem cell research is already being practiced in animals since it is less regulated than in human research
- The risk of rejection by the body is mitigated since the recipient is also the donor as the stem cells are harvested from fat deposits
- Less surgical intervention, time saving and cost saving retrieval/delivery techniques for the stem cells
The dog in question is a purebred Golden Retriever, suffering from Hip Dysplasia, long known to be influenced genetically in purebred dogs populations.
The dog in question is obese. Also long attributed to complications in dogs affected with hip dysplasia.
I am going to leave the remainder of this post undeveloped for now with the intent of coming back to it in the near future.
In my quest for answers, it seems that all I ended up with was more questions...
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