[lurkingforacure]

Researchers in Israel are doing this, fascinating. I think this is one of the most hopeful things happening right now. Here's the link:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0819153931.htm

Note the procedure involves injection into the brain, which I think is less invasive than actual brain surgery? Not sure about what all an injection into the brain involves.

[imark3000]

why these poeple dont seem to talk to each other?
Imad

[lurkingforacure]

Originally Posted by imark3000

why these poeple dont seem to talk to each other?
Imad

I don't think they are doing the same thing at all. Germany injects the cells into your spine....China, I really don't know what they do there. Injecting the cells into the brain seems much more likely to result in improvement, IMHO.

[imark3000]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/n...ow/4916800.cms

MUMBAI: A 55-year-old Mulund resident may be the first to be cured of Parkinson's disease if an experiment by a team of doctors from Jaslok Hospital
is successful. The doctors claim the disease can be cured by transplanting stem cells into the patient's brain. And they are waiting to see how Bhawarlal Jain, the first human to receive such a transplant, responds to the treatment. If Jain's operation, conducted on August 8, is a success -- which will be known after he spends 18 months in observation--it will be the first known cure in the world for the debilitating disease of the central nervous system.

Already, doctors claim that Jain is showing signs of improvement. Jain had been suffering from advanced symptoms of Parkinson's Disease for six years. The spondyilitis and joints pain began in 2004 and as the disease progressed, his movements became slow, and he had trouble walking and talking. "I managed my business until my speech became so impaired that I had to repeat everything at least four times to be understood,'' said Jain.

He came to Jaslok Hospital in February, when he was told about a new clinical study to evaluate the effect of stem cells on Parkinson's. Ten patients were to be enrolled and Jain chose to be the first volunteer. "When I heard I was going to be the first human to be treated using stem cell transplant, I was excited and scared. I had told my family that I may never return,'' said Jain.