Does Simms’ treatment point way to vCJD cure..?
JONATHAN Simms from Northern Ireland is the longest survivor of killer disease vCJD. Real Story on BBC1 tonight follows his breakthrough treatment, which is still not easily available to others.
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The Creative Class and Northern Ireland
As part of NICVA’s series of masterclasses from its Centre for Economic Empowerment project, there was a morning seminar on the topic of the “creative class” (as popularised by Richard Florida) and its applicability to Northern Ireland. The agenda was to: Explain Richard Florida’s idea of the “creative class” and the link between economic outcomes [...] read our review »
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Total Politics: Top 20 NI Blogs…
Fair play to Iain, he managed to get over 2,200 people voting in his poll for the top Northern Irish blogs this year… We (just, I imagine) retained our top spot, with Splintered coming straight in at number 2, no doubt his pet subject du jour will have garnered him a lot of fans… I’ve [...] read our review »
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Is Fianna Fail the new Woolworths of Irish politics?
It’s not published until 3rd March, but one book I recommend you place an advance order for from Slugger’s Bookstore is James Harkin’s Niche. Belfast émigré Harkin examines a number of stories from business, culture and politics and comes to a single insight: everywhere the broad middle is collapsing. He offers Woolworths as an iconic exemplar [...] read our review »
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It may, just, qualify as a treatment, Gonzo.. but it doesn’t come anywhere close to being a cure.
Another BBC report linked at the Real Story page is worth noting -
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It may, just, qualify as a treatment, Gonzo.. but it doesn’t come anywhere close to being a cure.
Hence the thread title.
Well, the answer to the question in the title is ‘No’, then.
Thanks Pete. It starts in five minutes anyway.
Seems to me that it would be pretty easy to find a medicine that would stop the progression of those diseases. But the pharma industry doesn’t care because it’s not profitable.