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Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:00 am
by Mirage_GSM
It seems a cure for Saki's condition might not be too far off.

I just saw a report on a successful treatment of an infant suffering from Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1
The treatment seems to be effective after only one injection - though that one injection is priced at a ridiculous 2,1 million $.
Luckily the child was born in Germany so the treatment was covered by health insurance.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 ... 80179/full

Type 1 is probably not the kind Saki suffers from (or she wouldn't have survived beyond infancy) but apparently similar treatments of other types are also in the works i.e. for Type 3 (which might be what Saki is suffering from).

http://www.uniqure.com/gene-therapy/pipeline.php

So if Saki manages to hold on till 2020 she might be okay after all.

Re: Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:32 am
by Oddball
I can just picture Saki going, "Wait. I'm going to live? Man, that just throws a monkey wrench into everything I had planned."

Re: Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:47 am
by brythain
Oddball wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:32 am I can just picture Saki going, "Wait. I'm going to live? Man, that just throws a monkey wrench into everything I had planned."
Think of all the fanfic authors: "Wait. She's going to live? Man, that just throws a monkey wrench into everything I had planned."

Re: Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:14 am
by Oddball
brythain wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:47 am
Oddball wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:32 am I can just picture Saki going, "Wait. I'm going to live? Man, that just throws a monkey wrench into everything I had planned."
Think of all the fanfic authors: "Wait. She's going to live? Man, that just throws a monkey wrench into everything I had planned."
:lol:

That might just be a bit more accurate. :wink:

Re: Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:55 am
by Razoredge
Oh fuck, this will destroy everything I would have planned for her for a future FF.

(Joke asides: If this thing becomes real, it will be a wonderful news)

Re: Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:48 am
by Grayest
And then it fails to work for her and her plans that she made to live a full life are gone and she has to go back to her old plans :D