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As a 50+ year old mechanic, this can’t come soon enough.
Wow yes. So many older and retired workers from the skilled trades could benefit from this.
It would also be a huge boon for recruitment as I imagine young people considering the career may be discouraged by the physical demands of the job and their potential lasting effects.
Arthritis is not limited to trade workers, anyone can have it.
And it isn't the only health issue physical work can cause.
Perfect for making you work the remainder of your life. No more arthritis? Great, now work until death to pay for it.
Honestly I'd take that over this arthritis
It's in my mouse clicker finger and starting to make video game controllers uncomfortable. Make it stop!
Uhg. Sad reality.
Or move outside the US
Or win the lottery.
I don't think arthritis is the win you think it is.
Spoiler alert: you can't afford it.
Speak for the Americans. The rest of us have no trouble doing so
also cancer :)
Any of the "regrows damage" side of thing scares the fuck out of me. I mean I want it to come and ASAP, but I also don't want to play chicken with C
Cancer is largely based on your genetics, except for extreme causes like asbestos or smoking. It’s worth the risk.
Not in this case.
"Stem cells survive much longer than ordinary cells, increasing the chance that they might accumulate genetic mutations. It might take only a few mutations for one cell to lose control over its self-renewal and growth and become the source of cancer."
https://www.hsci.harvard.edu/stem-cells-and-cancer
The news article, as well as the published work, state that:
Long-term side effects will need to researched of course and there might still be stem cells involved in the process, however that doesn't seem to be the case according to what we know as of now.
I will gladly throw it on top of my monstrous pile of promising-looking research in hopes that it becomes a successful procedure.
Thank you for doing useful work