Me pregunta intrigado Aloysius si es verdad que ya estamos tocando con los dedos la medicina del futuro. Tal vez se haya quedado impresionado por un avance que comentábamos el otro día, aquel capaz de convertir células madre de la médula ósea de una mujer en espermatozoides.
Metidos de lleno en la reprogramación celular, un equipo de científicos Americans belonging to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) has succeeded in turning skin cells into neurons of schizophrenic patients. As if that were little so great feat, really important study was the finding that these neurons "skin" have an innate deficit to establish connections among themselves, exactly what happens to the neurons 'original' of schizophrenic patients . In addition, these scientists have gotten reveal which genes are involved in the genesis of this disease.
cherish in my home a copy of the documentary "1% Schizophrenia" directed by Ione Hernandez and produced by Julio Medem, a physician and filmmaker. The title refers to the percentage of the population may be suffering the psychiatric illness, certainly one of the most investigated in the history of medicine. The experts interviewed were discussing the possible etiology of the disease, existing supporters and social psychological theories, and others who were favored by purely biological reasons. The latter relied on the progress made in treating the disease with various psychotropic drugs. Also left to hear, loudly, the voice of patients and their families. Some patients, while recognizing significant improvements in their daily lives, complained bitterly about the unpleasant side effects of your medication.
The endorsement by the genetic hypothesis on the origin of the disease may allow in a near future we want the development of personalized drugs that can correct defects in the neurons by acting on genes and increasing its capacity to interconnect.
similar jobs induced pluripotent cells, capable of becoming any other body, being carried out with different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's. We look forward to the jump of this wildly innovative techniques from the pipettes, microscopes and laboratory benches to the therapeutic arsenal surely soon will drive as doctors.
In a novel line of research also based on the effects of growth hormone (GH) as a neurotrophic factor at the neurological level, as well as stimulating revascularization and myocardial remodeling, we are working in Galicia in the Project Foltran, very close to home. And remember that 300 years ago, F. William Robertson wrote: "There is a past that is gone forever, but the future is still ours. " Hopefully.
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