Thread: International Stem Cell Provides Update of Its Parkinson's Disease Program
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Old 10-08-2014, 02:30 PM
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I am not sure if stem cells help Parkinson's but they may be useful to helping regenerate tissue (perhaps even in the brain) in the years ahead if the FDA doesn't slow it down too much.

http://regressing.deadspin.com/what-...eck-1502352128
Stem cells stopped trembling for this Parkinson's patient!

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, who pioneered the Parkinson's procedure, claim to have isolated and nurtured adult stem cells from their patient's brain. Dr Michel Levesque, who led the study, said: 'This is the first case that shows a promising technique may work.'

Although the operation was carried out two years ago, details were only revealed yesterday at a meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Chicago.

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