thought this might be relevant in that the EU allowed stem cells to be implanted in the brain.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...ise.1369643260

Didn't Canada do this with PD patients 15+ years ago? I seem to remember the patients improved, but the underlying disease process kept progressing, it turned back the clock, which is huge, but did not stop progression. I think the number of patients was very small as well, 6 or so. Anyone know what happened to that line of research?

THEY implanted brain cells from aborted fetuses in u.s., europe, canada, not pure stem cells i believe.
some people had very long lasting results, others had very bad side affects

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/253350.php
http://www.transeuro.org.uk/
just the messenger!!!!

1. if there were serious side affects such as cancer, stem cells turning into cell types other than neurons, this might pause other brain stem cell research.

i'm not going to worry about the new implanted cells eventually becoming "diseased".
researchers are also working on neuroprotection.

new cells might be the only "cure" for advanced pd'ers and researchers are playing catchup after BUSH set stem cell research back a decade.

remember dennis turner's autologous stem cell implant back in 2000? one patient was the total trial!!! so it could have been a sham but if the affect was real, turner got a few good years.
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/testimony/turner.htm

Turner's story, if true, should give us all a lot of hope. Why wasn't there a follow up. This happened in 1999. That's a long time without any follow up. I am wondering why is it so?

Undoubtably true imho, i remember following his blog, far too detailed to be fake. The story of levesque/turner is one of missed promise and funding. Neurologix appear to be following the same route.

What can be done, I don't know.

Neil.

And a day late and a dollar short of reaching the holy grail of synthetic DA neuronal transplantation.. It could be a reality, the real solution... But.....