Originally Posted by Diego24

You know ... I might seem a bit harsh ... but I am just stating what I think. If scientist would notice a meteorite that would hit earth and destroy all life on this planet, they would do everything they could to deviate the meteorite from his normal path. Seems to me that this is more difficult than extract some ganglioside from sheep and pig. Do you know how many sheeps and pigs people eat each year ? I think people eat more sheep and pigs a year than the amount of pigs and sheep needed to extract ganglioside for PD patients. And given the fact that PD patients really suffer a lot, I think it is unethical to not provide these people ganglioside.

People can get disease from animals from it ... how big are the odds for this to happen ? And if this happens ... are people gonna die or can they be cured with some antibiotics ? So I am not convinced at all about this argument.

I work in the Netherlands. People are very direct. And being direct may give the impression, I am an ***hole. But you know ... being direct is also being honest. And it gives room for discussions. As for now, according to me the only reason ganglioside is not yet provided to PD patients is because pharmas don't want to sell it because it is not a pill form. If this is the case ... maybe pharmas shouldn't sell this, but another structure is needed to provide ganglioside to PD patients. Maybe local hospitals with their own sheep and pigs sponsored by government and PD patients (PD patients could stop "wasting" their money in meds only relieving symptoms and spend them on a disease modifying ganglioside); to give a quick idea (don't know whether this is possible).