the entire field is shifting from embryonic stem cells to induced stem cells that come from any tissue of a patient (liver, skin, you choose). feel free to google to know more. there's also alot of research going into the direction of reprogramming cells, which is the baby step towards what OP was mentioning. Still a long way to go.
also. stop with the healthy people bad pharma agenda. It's not a real thing. I understand where it comes from and there are certainly if not mostly capitalist pricks on the top of some pharma companies. Pharma is not one big conspiracy. If they all make money off sick people that never get healthy, well then just take 2 mins to think what happens if one of them finds a cure to a disease, they make a shitton of money while all the competitors therapies will be obsolete. Yes, pharma is about profitability, but thats not a pharma problem, its a system problem.
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Reply to comment by mrPandabot35 in ELI5 Why aren't we curing more degenerative diseases with stem cell research? by KaishiXYZ
the entire field is shifting from embryonic stem cells to induced stem cells that come from any tissue of a patient (liver, skin, you choose). feel free to google to know more. there's also alot of research going into the direction of reprogramming cells, which is the baby step towards what OP was mentioning. Still a long way to go.
also. stop with the healthy people bad pharma agenda. It's not a real thing. I understand where it comes from and there are certainly if not mostly capitalist pricks on the top of some pharma companies. Pharma is not one big conspiracy. If they all make money off sick people that never get healthy, well then just take 2 mins to think what happens if one of them finds a cure to a disease, they make a shitton of money while all the competitors therapies will be obsolete. Yes, pharma is about profitability, but thats not a pharma problem, its a system problem.