Sep 27 The Heart of The Debate

The stem cell debate that is.  The heart of the debate is this....adult stem cells are providing more cures TODAY than embryonic stem cells have the potential for developing.  The latest is out of the UK.

Surgeons have, for the first time, used a combination of an artifical heart and stem cells to save the life of a dying man.

Ioannis Manolopoulos was fitted with the mechanical pump because his heart was too weak to push blood around his body.

Surgeons then injected his failing heart muscle with six million of his own stem cells in the hope that they would repair the damage.

This is great news indeed.  There is however, one down note that should be addressed in light of the ongoing health care reform debate here in the states.

The team was led by British surgeon Professor Stephen Westaby. He has pioneered the use of mechanical pumps in patients suffering from heart failure.

But the NHS will not pay for the treatment. Instead he relies on charity funding - or travels abroad to implant pumps in countries where governments are prepared to fund the £60,000 devices.

He said: "I am very frustrated that all the work that I have done back home in the UK has to be translated into patient care in other countries.

So this Brit doctor has developed a lifesaving technique using adult stem cells and he can't use it at home because the GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM has deemed the treatment to be "too expensive". 

This is our seniors future under ObamaCare.  There is no way around it based on his public statements.  It's that simple.

Cross posted at Ladies Logic where your comments are welcome.