According to December's DDN (Drug Discovery news), Pfizer is "going regenerative", as a result of expected changes in stem cell policies by the new administration. This is wonderful news. The major pharma companies are finally waking up to the fact that regenerative medicine will be the mantra of 21st century medicine, just as small molecule discovery was to the 20th century. Hold on PWP, a cell based "cure" for PD is only a few years away. I don't expect every one of us to be able to be 100% functional, shortly after their transplant, but i do expect our quality of life to go way up to what it is now. cs