New clinical trial - DBS + tissue graft?
 

New clinical trial shows promise against Parkinson’s disease - See more at: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/hea....4TVAZPOW.dpuf

haven't read anything about this approach, need to check accuracy of article.
and revealing initial results, what?

here's the university of kentucky official press release issued today
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-firs...sons-disease-0


MORE: Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting one million Americans. There is currently no cure, but symptoms can be managed through medication and a surgical procedure called deep brain stimulation (DBS). The University of Kentucky is conducting a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to explore a novel, regenerative treatment strategy for Parkinson’s that combines the DBS procedure with grafting of a patient’s own nerve tissue into the brain, anticipating that the nerve graft will allow the brain to heal itself.



If successful, this procedure could drastically change the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and could possibly halt or reverse the brain degeneration caused by the
disease. To date, five patients have undergone the combined procedure as part of

Hope
 

Wow! I find it very encouraging that doctors/scientists are going at parkinson's from so many different angles. There is bound to be much better treatment, if not a cure, in the next 10-15 years.

Thanks for sharing,

James

article about today's University of Kentucky presentation
 

imagine will be on national news tonight
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/18/2...-progress.html