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Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

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Re: Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

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Post by c048 »

ternaryoperator wrote: post #3

Gene therapy is opening miraculous doors in medicine. One more generation and I expect many of today's diseases will be entirely treatable, with some eliminated (provided they don't get caught up in politics).

... and possibly a lot of illnesses related to extreme aging, not seen today, might appear.

Re: Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

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Post by yourapostasy »

c048 wrote: post #4
ternaryoperator wrote: post #3

Gene therapy is opening miraculous doors in medicine. One more generation and I expect many of today's diseases will be entirely treatable, with some eliminated (provided they don't get caught up in politics).

... and possibly a lot of illnesses related to extreme aging, not seen today, might appear.

That is, shall we say, a champagne problem (a problem we want to experience). Mass life extension potentially unlocks compounding effects that can lead to some bootstrapping outcomes. Expertise can be deployed deeper and/or broader across more adjacent fields for ever increasing cross fertilization.

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Post by simianparrot »

ternaryoperator wrote: post #3

Gene therapy is opening miraculous doors in medicine. One more generation and I expect many of today's diseases will be entirely treatable, with some eliminated (provided they don't get caught up in politics).

And provided the specific gene therapy doesn't cause side-effects we don't yet understand. I'd like extensive trials on this before I let it anywhere near my own body, even if I could greatly benefit from a solution to IBD.

Re: Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

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Post by Rhapso »

simianparrot wrote: post #6
ternaryoperator wrote: post #3

Gene therapy is opening miraculous doors in medicine. One more generation and I expect many of today's diseases will be entirely treatable, with some eliminated (provided they don't get caught up in politics).

And provided the specific gene therapy doesn't cause side-effects we don't yet understand. I'd like extensive trials on this before I let it anywhere near my own body, even if I could greatly benefit from a solution to IBD.

I'm at the "sign me up, worst case im officially disabled or dead" stage of Crohn's+celiac.

Not recognized as a disability by society (for aid/legal), not bad enough just to cut out the problem chunks of colon, but i still can't live a productive life. I'm so tired of struggling to keep the career that funds my treatment.

Work is all I barely have the energy for and the rest of the time is sleeping or cooking.

Somebody at some point has to be a test subject.

Re: Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

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Post by stevenicr »

Rhapso wrote: post #7
simianparrot wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And provided the specific gene therapy doesn't cause side-effects we don't yet understand. I'd like extensive trials on this before I let it anywhere near my own body, even if I could greatly benefit from a solution to IBD.

I'm at the "sign me up, worst case im officially disabled or dead" stage of Crohn's+celiac. Not recognized as a disability by society (for aid/legal), not bad enough just to cut out the problem chunks of colon, but i still can't live a productive life. I'm so tired of struggling to keep the career that funds my treatment. Work is all I barely have the energy for and the rest of the time is sleeping or cooking. Somebo…

I've been seeing many people who have issues that make it impossible for them to handle most 9-5 work.. I feel there is great need, but also socieyt could seriously benefit from some programs that help people with like 1/2 disablity payments and job protections and trainings and easier access to life coaches to navigate ways to be productive at the times and abilities -

I don't know what to call it, but I see many people who do want to work and just have issues that make it impossible for them to fit into most roles 40 hours a week after week without issues and the safety nets would rather you fall all the to the floor before any help emerges, rather than trying to anticipate a gap and making it easier to bounce back sooner or only fall partial or something.

I've seen several struggle with similar digestion problems and it's hard day to day, week to week, even when you try to plan and adapt food purchases and such.

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