Interviews
For my primary research in stem cell therapy, I think interviewing will be my main focus. I plan to interview Dr. Stephen Grover, head of the OBGYN Center at Sky Ridge Medical Center. He is an expert in cord blood stem cell storage and cord blood replacement therapy. I also plan to interview a potential recipient of stem cell therapy, Drew Covington, who is 10, and suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Drew is under going tests for stem cell therapy procedure that will be done in Germany. His tests are being done at Children’s Hospital here in Denver. I would also like to interview his doctor at Children’s, if possible, to get his imput on this procedure.
Forum Discussions
There are several good forum discussions that I have found on TEDMED I would like to become more acquainted with concerning the study of stem cell therapy. These discussions can be found at the following link:
http://www.ted.com/search?q=stem+cell+research&x=0&y=0.
There are also other forum discussions that are listed on the Geron site, these forums are dealing specifically with spinal cord injury and stem cell replacement therapy. There are two that I am most interested in, they are CareCure Community at http://sci.rutgers.edu/ and National Spinal Cord Injury Association at http://www.spinalcord.org/.
Observations
As much as I would love to be an observer at any stem cell therapy clinic and or hospital, I don’t think that would be possible at this time. One thing I would like to check up on is perhaps a clinic doing physical therapy on stem cell patients. That type of observation may be available in Denver and if so would be very interesting to me.
Wow! These are going to be such great research evaluations!!! It should be really interesting to find what doctors who are currently working with stem cells have to say about everything going on with all the new debates and possible new research funding. If you are interested in spinal cord rejuvenation from stem cells, you could maybe even try going down to Craig Hospital since that is their specialty. I am curious as to see if they have had any patients who have used stem cells, and if there was any success. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWhile I was doing some research over my topic I was searching the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for Ideas and I found they have a exhibit called Expedition Health. From what I can gather they have some info on your topic but I am not sure how much. Hope this helps in your research.
ReplyDeleteI think you are doing such a good job on your information gathering. I am sure zakata is helping alot I love that site. If you ever have any questions or if you need too get a second opinion email me or reach me on here.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I would recommend is going to a place like Craig Hospital in Denver becuase they have one of the best neck injury departments in the world. my cousin had to go there after a car accident he was in and it was very interesting to see the different levels of severity of the patients. The reason I say this is becuase my cousin is very interested in stem cell research becuase he would love for it to happen so he could try it out and that is a good place to get positive feed back on your topic.
ReplyDeleteYouTube has a lot of videos that contains potential stem cell recievers as well as people who have been out of the country to recieve it. it may help in your research to find out how well it has helped alot of these people. Hope that helps.
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ReplyDeleteI think your interviewing is strong and I hope you are able to get in with all of those people to get a lot of good information. When you meet with these people my suggestion is to find out any other resources they help to further your research.
I am not sure if it is possible but if you know anyone or could figure out how to do it, I think getting a first hand opinion would be informative. If you could interview someone actually going through it, ask them why they decided to do it, what it is like, ect.
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