Family Research Council
Adult Stem Cell Success Stories 2006
Nov. 1, 2006
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS06H01&f=WX05F02

This is true:
About PD they cite Dennis Turner's story (Dr. Levesque) .

This is completely misleading- this is Amgen's halted synthetic GDNF!
"A 2005 study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery described how
University of Kentucky scientists were able to successfully treat ten
patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, observing noticeable
improvement in balance and motor function. The treatment involved
stimulation of the patient's own brain stem cells.[50] An earlier
2003 study in Great Britain noted an average of 61 percent
improvement in five patients after their adult neural stem cells were
stimulated with a similar protein injection.[51]

Slevin, J. T., et al., "Improvement of bilateral motor functions in
patients with Parkinson disease through the unilateral intraputaminal
infusion of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor," Journal of
Neurosurgery 102, 216-222, February 2005.

[51] Gill, S. S., et al., "Direct brain infusion of glial cell line-
derived neurotrophic factor in Parkinson disease," Nature Medicine 9,
589-595, May 2003.