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Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by crystalmoon(m): 10:57am On Dec 10, 2023
Nonsense
According to Nigerian christians
You only need to pray and SS will turn to AA

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Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by oliverwrites: 11:06am On Dec 10, 2023
AntiChristian:
If you're AS or AC, don't ever marry your type!

Marry AA like us!

That's the best cure without side effects and lifetime monitoring!

I remember when I was on SIWES in one lab like that close to the former Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta. A family were advised not to get married but the pastor told them to go on that there's nothing God can't do!

⏩ They got married and had two kids both SS. The first died after wasting a lot of time and funds around 12 years.

They were still hoping the second would survive back then!
They should hire people to rare scorpions, once the scorpions are about 500, kidnap the pastor, tie him and put him and the scorpions in a room, don't beat him, that will bw jungle justice but let animals play with themselves.

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Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by AntiChristian: 11:12am On Dec 10, 2023
oliverwrites:
They should hire people to rare scorpions, once the scorpions are about 500, kidnap the pastor, tie him and put him and the scorpions in a room, don't beat him, that will bw jungle justice but let animals play with themselves.

Most cleric go scot-free in those cases. We are in Nigeria. Prosecution of such a case would consume so much and would a Christian rather drag the church of Christ?
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by oliverwrites: 11:16am On Dec 10, 2023
AntiChristian:


Most cleric go scot-free in those cases. We are in Nigeria. Prosecution of such a case would consume so much and would a Christian rather drag the church of Christ?
I recently found myself in such shoes. Wanted to use tech to fight but for my daughters. I agree with you.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by 4ward4: 11:19am On Dec 10, 2023
Still yet all modern research are still coming from a country, many fools are pointing accusing finger in eradicating the world population.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by KnownUnknown: 11:23am On Dec 10, 2023
mejetov422:
I thought Nigeria was the first to record breakthrough in sickle cell treatment.

So what happen to all the report submitted to WHO seeking approval.

Oh I forgot, everything must come from them first.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cvcnigeria.org/nigeria-records-breakthrough-in-sickle-cell-treatment/&ved=2ahUKEwiSyumGjoSDAxV2UkEAHVtICY0QFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw07YAGVNqrrsepSh8cH8Q7b

Why submit anything to WHO for approval?! That just proves that they never had any cure.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by CoronaVirusPro: 11:25am On Dec 10, 2023
Its fvckin expensive

Even the middle class cannot afford it, and insurance will definitely not cover such.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by KnownUnknown: 11:25am On Dec 10, 2023
Tonytonex:
chai! Which kind brain these people get.
It's amazing. From one innovation to another. God please give me that kind brain 🙏 creative brain.

First step in getting that kind of brain is eschewing prayer and developing your critical thinking skills. Your imaginary friend has nothing to do with anything.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by YoshihideSuga: 11:36am On Dec 10, 2023
DKM123:
This is good news!! We are 100million light years away from these progressive countries and it keeps getting worse.

Actually, there brain is not special, they just have a better enabling environment to thrive. That's why Nigerians who go there in educational pursuit also thrive even though they mostly go at adulthood and don't have a good head start..

If we had good leaders in Nigerian who allowed our educational system blossom instead of continuously stifling it, this people will not see our back because we Nigerians are hardworking and determined and that's why you will see even secondary school students studying all night.

Fine, it's not only brain work. But the dominant culture of the place. The more enterprising, pragmatic, meritocratic and egalitarian a culture is, the higher their chances of being prosperous even if they have poor governance structures.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Emmymarvel(m): 11:38am On Dec 10, 2023
mejetov422:
I thought Nigeria was the first to record breakthrough in sickle cell treatment.

So what happen to all the report submitted to WHO seeking approval.

Oh I forgot, everything must come from them first.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cvcnigeria.org/nigeria-records-breakthrough-in-sickle-cell-treatment/&ved=2ahUKEwiSyumGjoSDAxV2UkEAHVtICY0QFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw07YAGVNqrrsepSh8cH8Q7b
He said: “What we do is to remove the entire blood from the body through one hand arm and put in fresh blood from the other arm. When we do this total red cell exchange, we remove the blood and it is replaced. The machine is such that it doesn’t cause much discomfort, as it is taking away blood from one side and replacing it immediately from the other side. It can also be done for children without harm. We have successfully performed the first one for a 27-year-old patient who is a friend of the department: he is a Master’s degree students in one of the universities and we feel he is also very important in pioneering this feat. He had severe crisis; we removed almost five litres of blood from him and replaced them an equivalent amount. We did not find any cure.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by YoshihideSuga: 11:40am On Dec 10, 2023
uniquetechng:
There are millions of Africans who were born oversees and had both their childhood and adult lives as well as their education over there, what has their brains done for Africa in terms of development and technological advancement ?

The crude truth is that those descendants from African parents can only thrive in system designed, maintained and monitored by white people. Bring them to Africa and see them misbehave. If not, black researchers in South Africa, Brazil, UK, France, America and Nigerians should have led the discovery of an effective solution to sickle cell anaemia. After all, na black people e affect pass.

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Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by YoshihideSuga: 11:44am On Dec 10, 2023
Inspirer1:
It's high time we developed our herbal cure claims for ailments believed to have no cure.
We generally disregard such claims because we believe there is no cure but we express happiness and believe upon hearing similar claim from the other side of the world.

While that is true, it has to follow standard scientific research procedures such that someone in Peru, Croatia and India can replicate the same process and achieve the same result. When that is done, you go ahead to testing for the efficacy of the treatment through clinical trials. When that's completed, you seek for approval and patent protection. When that's done, you begin the commercialisation of your treatments and make money.

It's not a tumbo-tumbo process. Odikwa due process!
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by YoshihideSuga: 11:47am On Dec 10, 2023
DonroxyII:
We have

SS is mostly African Thing & Na Oyinbo go still do Research for US.....

How many Billionaire really cares to fund Sickel Cell Research in Africa & How Many Health Care Professionals really desired to Carry out the Researc h....

Give them money, Dem go Japa Straight & Dissappear Forever ...

Na wetin dey pain me. Na we suffer from the disease, yet na white people are find the cure. Can we do the same for Steven Syndrome? Tomorrow, some people go dey compare themselves to white people. After white people, East Asians come next. The rest of the world dey do follow follow.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by YoshihideSuga: 11:52am On Dec 10, 2023
stasius:
If Gene Editing has been successfully approved, it means HIV cure and cure for cancer and many metabolic diseases is around the corner.

To be clear though, cancer isn't a single disease, but a result of many metabolic degeneracy. As for gene editing curing diseases, yes. That's the reason the price tag of cures derived from gene editing will be very high because it's a cure - no further disease to treat again. Once cured, it closes an avenue to develop any sort of treatment. Goldman Sachs once questioned the future of pharmaceutical firms if there are more cures than treatments. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by ExudeLoveToAll: 12:02pm On Dec 10, 2023
KingAzubuike:
You forgot to add that it costs $2.2M per treatment. cheesy

That's huge as time goes on price will plummet.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Tywo2018: 12:19pm On Dec 10, 2023
The cost price alone will kill the Person.. Let's just be thanking God for everything.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Ttipsy(f): 12:23pm On Dec 10, 2023
Thank you USA

Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by femi4: 12:47pm On Dec 10, 2023
Supremos:
More photos.

Me thinks this is a welcomed development, but I'm always skeptical about anything that has to do with gene alteration
The scientist of old didnt do too much of schooling before given us ground breaking discoveries. They would have found solution to this stuff by now
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by GUNITGuy: 12:52pm On Dec 10, 2023
This is a milestone breakthrough....
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by higgs: 1:25pm On Dec 10, 2023
This is great news.New treatments/drugs are usually expensive but with time,the costs will gradually come down.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Originalsly: 1:59pm On Dec 10, 2023
GanagiBitrus:



See people maximising their brain potentials. 👍

Plenty of adverse conditions in this part of the world will not allow us do same.


mejetov422 has taken the time to remind us of what we achieved for ourselves on the treatment of sickle cell disease..... under plenty of adverse conditions. Can we get a thumbs up for our achievement?... or your thumbs up is reserved for people in that part of the world?.. thumbs up for using us from this part of the world as "Guinea pigs"?

We read the headlines and shout "good development" when this is all about experimenting on a new medical approach to treating diseases. 100K people are affected by this disease .... Blacks ... are they more interested in the health of Blacks than their own? Or as I believe they chose us to fine tune their technology? Gene therapy is meddling with nature .... trying to modify and control how our bodies work naturally. There must be a fall out. The FDA is controlled by the pharmaceutical giants ... the reason why experimental drugs and therapies are quickly approved without knowing their effectiveness or long term side effects. Instead of testing on animals... they now go straight to humans.
How can this theraphy ever be good when the patient must first go through high dosage chemotherapy ? ... when normal chemotherapy is a big health problem? ... and the known side effects so far are just so wonderful? Black people need to wake up and see the wolves in sheep's clothing. Bill Gates .... oh how he was sooo caring about the health of poor Africans..... do we still say that? .. some do.

Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by ednut1(m): 2:00pm On Dec 10, 2023
mejetov422:
I thought Nigeria was the first to record breakthrough in sickle cell treatment.

So what happen to all the report submitted to WHO seeking approval.

Oh I forgot, everything must come from them first.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cvcnigeria.org/nigeria-records-breakthrough-in-sickle-cell-treatment/&ved=2ahUKEwiSyumGjoSDAxV2UkEAHVtICY0QFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw07YAGVNqrrsepSh8cH8Q7b
did you read the article They drained blood hahahaha. What a joke
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by LagosG: 2:01pm On Dec 10, 2023
Supremos:
More photos.

Me thinks this is a welcomed development, but I'm always skeptical about anything that has to do with gene alteration
Lmao! It's the future, my friend. Get used to it
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by GanagiBitrus: 2:28pm On Dec 10, 2023
Originalsly:


mejetov422 has taken the time to remind us of what we achieved for ourselves on the treatment of sickle cell disease..... under plenty of adverse conditions. Can we get a thumbs up for our achievement?... or your thumbs up is reserved for people in that part of the world?.. thumbs up for using us from this part of the world as "Guinea pigs"?

We read the headlines and shout "good development" when this is all about experimenting on a new medical approach to treating diseases. 100K people are affected by this disease .... Blacks ... are they more interested in the health of Blacks than their own? Or as I believe they chose us to fine tune their technology? Gene therapy is meddling with nature .... trying to modify and control how our bodies work naturally. There must be a fall out. The FDA is controlled by the pharmaceutical giants ... the reason why experimental drugs and therapies are quickly approved without knowing their effectiveness or long term side effects. Instead of testing on animals... they now go straight to humans.
How can this theraphy ever be good when the patient must first go through high dosage chemotherapy ? ... when normal chemotherapy is a big health problem? ... and the known side effects so far are just so wonderful? Black people need to wake up and see the wolves in sheep's clothing. Bill Gates .... oh how he was sooo caring about the health of poor Africans..... do we still say that? .. some do.

Whatever the conspiracy theories, you can not deny the fact that these guys are pushing the frontiers of medical technology - something we can emulate if only we can overcome the several adverse conditions around us.
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Acidosis(m): 2:35pm On Dec 10, 2023
So the USA has finally found a cure to a health problem that affects mainly blacks and Africans due to their perpetual ignorance, stark illiteracy, and sometimes, sheer arrogance and wickedness.

Like malaria, typhoid, and cholera, a cure has once again been found for an African disease. Meanwhile, those who pride themselves as black giants and African patriarchs do nothing but LOOT, LOOT, and reLOOT the patrimony and future of their societies.

God bless the USA. May all Nigerian looters, both past and present, end in the innermost part of hell. Insha Allah.

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Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by botiwunoluwa120: 2:48pm On Dec 10, 2023
I know say God will see us through.I know say God will see us through....
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by Originalsly: 3:10pm On Dec 10, 2023
GanagiBitrus:


Whatever the conspiracy theories, you can not deny the fact that these guys are pushing the frontiers of medical technology - something we can emulate if only we can overcome the several adverse conditions around us.


What conspiracy theories? ... pushing the medical frontiers using your people? ... why not use animals as always was the case? ... or their own people? Did you even read about what we have achieved? ... that they are now trying to? ... with serious side effects? Shouldn't they be the ones trying to emulate us?
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by luminouz(m): 3:10pm On Dec 10, 2023
DrAda:
Hmmm

What?

Don't tell me you have reservations again?
Re: US Approves First Gene Therapies To Treat Sickle Cell Patients by manneger2: 7:07pm On Dec 10, 2023
mejetov422:
I thought Nigeria was the first to record breakthrough in sickle cell treatment.

So what happen to all the report submitted to WHO seeking approval.

Oh I forgot, everything must come from them first.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://cvcnigeria.org/nigeria-records-breakthrough-in-sickle-cell-treatment/&ved=2ahUKEwiSyumGjoSDAxV2UkEAHVtICY0QFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw07YAGVNqrrsepSh8cH8Q7b
Nigeria did rubbish, sickle cell is genetics, that is it comes as a malformation of a specific gene, even if you remove all the blood and replace with another it will still affect the new blood added so that professor research is laughable.

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