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Cure For Cirrhosis of the Liver?

Dean

Hmmm. That would sure save a lot of lives.

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jody (mail) (www):

This is such great fodder for jokes. Makes me miss the late night talk show circus. In their stead...

They'll be the toast of the town...

I'll drink to that...

I hear Ted Kennedy was funding the research...

I hear the genetic alteration done to the mice was to make them express the gene for being Irish...

Today Budweiser announced a new additive... Consumers puzzled as no one can recall getting drunk enough off of Bud to do any damage...

12.28.2007 11:34am

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Martin L. Shoemaker (www):

I will be happy if lives are saved.

At the same time, I wonder a little bit whether it's a good thing that we can medically remove consequences of our actions. Will that make us just take riskier actions?

Nothing concrete here, just an idle concern...

12.28.2007 12:55pm

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Dean Esmay:

Lots of things cause cirrhosis, not just alcohol. And, frankly, why someone in the throes of addiction should be sentenced to death rather than rehabilitation I have no idea...

12.28.2007 4:12pm

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Martin L. Shoemaker (www):

And, frankly, why someone in the throes of addiction should be sentenced to death rather than rehabilitation I have no idea...

Since no one's suggesting they should, I don't see how that's relevant.

12.28.2007 4:34pm

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McKiernan:

A clean, clear, perfectly functioning red liver should be declared a universal right. And of course, along with the right to dump anything in your body as you wish for as long as your want.

12.28.2007 7:02pm

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Dean Esmay:

Uh huh. Because all those folks who got cirrhosis from Hep infections, fatty liver disease, or from prescription pills are all dumping anything into their bodies that suits their fancy....

Anyway, this is one of our nation's top killers. It would do well to remember that.

12.28.2007 7:36pm

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