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This Dr Ray Watts that was at Emory, is now at Kirkland Clinic, at UAB...which is my doctor now...thanks for the info..Ill ask him about this..Donna > > From: Wendy Siegel <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2004/02/05 Thu PM 05:23:52 GMT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Eye cell transplants aid Parkinson's patients > > Anybody ever heard of this before? > > Eye cell transplants aid Parkinson's patients > > 18.04.2002 > 11.00am > WASHINGTON - Eye cells transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's > patients have markedly improved their symptoms and may provide an > alternative to steadily increasing doses of medication, doctors say. > > The eye cells produce dopamine, the important chemical lacking in the > brains of people with Parkinson's, whose disease begins with trembling > or stiffness and progresses to a rigidity that leaves them virtually > paralysed. > > Dr Ray Watts, a professor of neurology at Emory University School of > Medicine in Atlanta, today said six patients who got the eye cell > transplants showed a regression of their symptoms. > > Full story at: > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1542293&thesection=ne > ws&thesubsection=world&reportid=16 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn