Biomark is the name of the company that has developed some technique to
convert embryonic stem cells into brain  cells.
Please rin a Google search on biomark stem cells. You will get all the info
you need.
Raj
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From: Ervin McCarthy <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Quest for Cure Update...


> Is anyone on the list familiar with Biomark stem cell procedure?
> Ervin McCarthy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Callie Marie Judd" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:27 AM
> Subject: Quest for Cure Update...
>
>
> > Update 10/25/04 www.questforcure.net
> >
> > This is going to be more than just an update on how Judd and I are doing
> in our Quest for a cure.  It is also an opinion statement and a plea for
> people, who can, to become active in helping save lives. It has been over
a
> year now since we started on this concerted effort to find remedial and
> applicable answers to what we are dealing with (and sometimes not coping
> real well with) pertaining to the Parkinson's changes.  For brevity sake,
I
> am going to itemize the various pursuits we have been involved in since
the
> last update in August:
> >
> > Medical:
> >
> >   a.. 8/29 Discontinued use of Aricept
> > 9/4 Started into Neurogenics Programme with Dr. Grinstein
> www.shydrager.com
> >
> > (has been intermittent in contact and discontinued attempts at dosage
> levels 10/15/04 due to unavailability of extract - not enough time or data
> to fairly evaluate the benefits - some evidence of possible positive long
> term results)
> >
> > 10/18 had to visit VA on urgent visit for pain and possible infection in
> right eye.  Determined to be "leaking" from "bleb" and some hemorrhage
(long
> duration) and surgery option to save eye discussed - opted for no surgery
> due to risk of general anesthesia use at this time. May have to deal with
> blindness at any time.
> >
> > 10/20 Notified primary care doctor at VA of intention to postpone her
> recommended bone density therapy and testosterone patch availability until
> the mental changes for Judd could be addressed more successfully first.
> >
> > Research:
> >
> >   a.. Found article by Dr. Jonathan T Stewart, M.D. at Bay Pines VA in
> Tampa
> > http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2003/05_03/stewart2.htm
> >
> > A must read for anyone working with the mental changes involved in
> Parkinsons.
> >
> >   a.. "Psychosis in Parkinsons Disease" An interesting article published
> this August by the doctors who were part of Judd's "Clozapine team" last
> year.
> > http://jgp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/17/3/127.pdf
> >
> >   a.. Investigated the possibilities of NPH again
> http://www.allaboutnph.com/DoctorLetter.asp
> > Ruled out for 1. inconsistency with determining symptoms 2. Would not
want
> to risk the surgery for the reported possible benefits
> >
> >   a.. Investigated Psychosis and PD study being done by Acadia
> Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Hauser in Tampa, Florida on new drug with different
> classification than other anti-psychotics - not for Judd due to travel and
> double-blind conditions (not up for an 8 wk study like he did before on
> Seroquel).  For anyone interested though contact:  Holly at University of
> South Florida - [log in to unmask] or (813)844-4453
> >   b.. Spoke with Dr. Steindler at the Brain Institute at the University
of
> Florida, Gainesville.  Great discussion about Stem Cell Research - but no
> word of any applications being available or any breakthroughs being ready
> for human benefit anytime soon.
> > Which brings us back to the only real and promising place for getting
> something to actually start the process of reproduction of dopamine
> producing neuronal cells within the brain - in a location and with an
> application of stem cell research that is ethically and medically viable -
> Dr. Dinesh Garg's Cord Cell Therapy.  Though still at square one on
finding
> a financial source for creating a neurosurgical clinic and starting
patient
> trials, I do have a clearer perspective of the three reasons why he is not
> finding the support he needs from the academic, medical or business
arenas,
> as confirmed by the research above and conversations directly with the
> medical community .  The reasons are:
> >
> >     1.. Peer Review Process - has grown into a self-serving, restrictive
> process influenced too often by competing medical concerns, financial
> concerns and political action.  A much needed process, but does not allow
> for advancement and support of independent individuals who may make
> life-changing discoveries but does not conform to the peer review
community
> of practice.  Peer review has great productive power - but it also known
for
> its abuses and destruction of  individuals due to corruption (inherent in
> all aspects of society, including this one)
> >     2.. Medical Bias - attitudes of labeling innovative, alternative and
> non-peer reviewed procedures as "charlatans", "con-artists" or just
> unreliable before being investigated for possible benefits.  Funding
> limitations are an obstacle to government and academic review by
> institutions (therefore the reliance on "peer review process"), but
> individuals should still be encouraged to hunt for the truth and be
> supported in finding it.  Whatever "wrongdoers" exist should be dealt with
> appropriately through legal and medical watchdog channels (including the
> FDA).
> >     3.. Ethnic Bias - there is still far too much prejudice and illicit
> discrimination occurring among individuals as well as organizations.
> Personal advancement of those who are not of the "white Anglo-American
> establishment" are very distinctly but discreetly being considered and
> treated as second class citizens - this should not be going on in the
United
> States of America today! The "success stories" are usually tied to large
> sums of financial resources somewhere along the way.
> >
> >
> > Dr. Garg has run into each of these areas of difficulty.  He has devoted
> over 30 years to medicine and deserves the opportunity to be a part of the
> medical community to which he is willing to contribute so much.  He may
now
> be contacted by phone at 1-888-763-8799.
> >
> > His website www.parkinson-disease.net  has expired due to
unresponsiveness
> of his webpage builder and maintainer and therefore faces reconstructing a
> new website.  He works each day to continue his work to help people facing
> health devastation in their lives to survive and make improvements..as we
> all are faced with waiting.
> >
> >
> >
> > The pharmaceutical companies are advertising regularly "today's medicine
> financing tomorrow's miracles" - but "tomorrow" never turns into today -
and
> isn't there something wrong with the picture when the people facing the
> burdens of illness are considered the financial source for their
"miracles"?
> >
> >
> >
> > As our pace of travel moves from a "steady trot" to a "full gallop".we
> wish for all to be able to find the support needed to find answers, soon..
> S.F. and Callie Marie Judd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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