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Originally Posted by kiwi33
I think that GerryW has made a very good point.
A while ago I listened to a talk at a scientific conference, given by a PD expert from Cambridge with both a medical degree and a PhD (impressive!).
His view is that almost certainly PD is not "one disease" - rather, the causal factors differ from person to person, leading to some common neurological effects.
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I agree with Gerry. Likely more than one cause is behind the emergence of PD. Perhaps whatever the catylist, at some point the neurons in the brain become faulty and die. That may be the one commonality that all PD patients share. The dead brain cells. Some brain cells may be damaged by BMAA bacteria, others due to traumatic injury (e.d. Ali), some due to welding fumes etc. If only there was some way to clear out the dead/faulty cells and grow new neurons!