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On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:55:10 -0600 ROBERT A MARTONE <[log in to unmask]> writes: > U.S. Lists Stem Cell Availability for Researchers > Thu Nov 8 18:58:14 2001 GMT > > The labs include Atlanta-based Bresagen Inc.; San > Diego-based CyThera Inc.; ES Cell International in Victoria, > Australia; Geron Inc. in Menlo Park, California; Goteborg > University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden; the > National Center for Biological Sciences/Tata Institute of > Fundamental Research in Bangalore, India; Reliance Life > Sciences in Bombay (Mumbai), India; the University of > California San Francisco; Technion University in Haifa, > Israel and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in > Madison. Hi Bob, If a PWP wants to become a stem-cell patient at one of these laboratories, what are the first steps one must take? Do we patients have any means to evaluate which of the above laboratories should be selected to affilaite with, for research treatments? Are stem cells , once implanted, able to produce a controllable amount of usable dopamine? I am concerned that just as fetal cell transplants may have resulted in a few cases of unstoppable dyskinesias due to over-production of dopamine, which may have caused egregious harm to a few unfortunate patients, proliferating stem cells might cause similar harm by multiplying uncontrollably. Ivan :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn