Regenerative Medicine

[INeedAForeskinTransplant]

Well…I mean, I'm local, if that's the only problem. Actually the real problem is, I have no money. Anyone want to donate lol? (Please? lol) Or, if I could be in this trial Foregen is doing this summer now…as I stated already over there, I don’t mind taking the risk of being a human guinea pig!

[atfman]

you know how much is the new operation with Acell?

[alphanorth]

Originally Posted by INeedAForeskinTransplant

Well…I mean, I'm local, if that's the only problem. Actually the real problem is, I have no money. Anyone want to donate lol? (Please? lol) Or, if I could be in this trial Foregen is doing this summer now…as I stated already over there, I don’t mind taking the risk of being a human guinea pig!

The last operation didn't work. Enzo tried to approach Acell and he wasn't received well.

Even Dr. Reed's colleagues were not confident in Acell's product.

Oftentimes companies are more hype than substance and I fear Acell is in this category. Their product appears to fall short of its hype.

Anyway, at $35K I strongly suspect the current Foregen project is a petri-dish demonstration. That stage is cheaper and it has to be done before you can even think about human trials.

[atfman]

Dr. Reed wants to make a new experience, is that they still believe in acell

[INeedAForeskinTransplant]

Originally Posted by alphanorth

The last operation didn't work. Enzo tried to approach Acell and he wasn't received well.

Even Dr. Reed's colleagues were not confident in Acell's product.

Oftentimes companies are more hype than substance and I fear Acell is in this category. Their product appears to fall short of its hype.

That's the story we keep getting, anyway. I'm still not really sure I believe it, but maybe I simply don't want to believe it — that something which looked so promising at first, isn't really all it's cracked up to be — the paranoid side in me makes me feel like this is some deception or conspiracy devised to keep us away from something that could really help us…by who, I don't know. …Just a crazy thought lol.

Originally Posted by alphanorth

Anyway, at $35K I strongly suspect the current Foregen project is a petri-dish demonstration. That stage is cheaper and it has to be done before you can even think about human trials.

Yes, that's what I've now gathered as well. I wasn't initially aware of that. Or perhaps, I maybe guessed it, but wasn't sure. Again, probably just hoping it would be a human trial, even though I knew, with my luck, probably not.

[Chris]

I think Foregen's first experiment is a crucial first step. I think that Foregen doesn't want to do anything rash or haphazard. They want to be responsible and take their time to make sure they get it right. Which I think is a good thing, there is no point of regenerating unless if it is done right. Waiting a little longer to make sure the results are good is worth it.

[Rood]

Originally Posted by atfman

Dr. Reed wants to make a new experience, is that they still believe in acell

I believe "Dr." Reed wants a new sucker, someone willing to pay the going rate. Doctors have lots of expenses, after all, and if someone wants to be a guinea pig ... who is he to object?

[INeedAForeskinTransplant]

Originally Posted by Rood

I believe "Dr." Reed wants a new sucker, someone willing to pay the going rate. Doctors have lots of expenses, after all, and if someone wants to be a guinea pig ... who is he to object?

Lol, I'm just stupid enough to be that new sucker. Unfortunately, (or, perhaps, fortunately…in the long run, assuming you're right) for me, I'm willing but not able to pay that going rate lol. Alas, perhaps there is someone else out there for him to experiment on, whose foolishness/desperation equals my own, but whose wealth exceeds mine…which would be easy, as long as they have at least one penny to their name lol…‘cuz my total wealth is exactly $0.00 aka completely broke.

[atfman]

THE last article on badylak
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12219/1251633-114.stm

Dr. Reed continue testing?

[Rood]

Reed has absolutely no expertise in the field of tissue regeneration, but I'm sure he'll take money from anyone silly enough to go to him. After all, his interest is not foreskin restoration, it's money, pure and simple. Is that so hard to understand?