http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pro...03?siteid=nbkh

At last, researchers are starting to use intranasal delivery , and have also used it for stem cells, rather than drugs. This was proposed years ago on this forum. Using a simple nasal spray, you can deliver drugs, stem cells etc direct to the brain, including substances which don't pass the blood brain barrier. Why therefore has so much money been spent drilling holes in sufferers heads, using trojan horses to get substances across the BBB, etc.
This must be tantamount to a cure, unlike a DBS where it simply puts the clock back a few years, but you continue to degrade.
Ron

Science Daily today has article previously referenced here on nasal delivery

"In this groundbreaking study, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) delivered via the nose preferentially migrated to the brain and were able to survive for at least 6 months. Substantial improvement in motor function -- up to 68% of normal -- was reported in the MSC-treated rat model of Parkinson disease."

[URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110208163504.htm"]

Such great news

I'd settle for a 68% improvement.....
Interesting stuff......
Ron, i remember the discussions.
Lindy