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First of all, I don't think this is true. I have not heard of teeth developing in the heads of anyone. Anything is possible but if you want to report this sort of information it would be helpful to include a citation. Most researchers do not experiment on human subjects (even when the subjects are willing). You say "The Parkinson's researchers feel that stem-cells will not yield good results.", but I am sure the research community is not of one mind on this issue. It's important to remember that stem cell research is *research*. That means few stem cell treatments are developed into treatments or cures at this point. If traditional medicine is any indicator and if stem cells work, it will take at least ten years before stem cell treatment is available. The first flying machines crashed, but millions of people now fly in aircraft every year. Research takes time and no one gets it right the first time. Stem cells may provide few treatments in the long run, but they've already proven vital in leukemia cases. "bone marrow" transplants are actually stem cell transplants. Just like everyone else, scientists do buy into particular paradigms and refuse to fund research in other areas, but there is always a counter-movement in science. You make a name for yourself in science by discovering new things. Nearly every scientist you can name discovered or proposed something radical (e.g. Einstein and relativity). You make money by curing diseases, not by ignoring avenues of study. When it comes to guidance in how to spend science dollars, scientists (not politicians or religious leaders) are probably the best source. Bush has proven himself to be anti-science. We don't need to look any further than the "intelligent design" situation. This is not a case of a few school districts and Bush being smart and the rest of us being duped by arrogant anti-god scientists. Intelligent design just doesn't have a scientific leg to stand on. Even so, Bush supports "intelligent design" and has even appropriated funds to teach it to our children. On 9/8/05, Paula Nixon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The funny thing about stem cell treatment, the placebo patients in one > experiment that had the surgeries, but nothing was implanted, had very good > results. Their PD symptoms were greatly reduced for over a year! However, > many of the people that received the implants had ghastly side effects: > violent movements like dyskinesia, the implanted cell developed into teeth > and optic tissue. The Parkinson's researchers feel that stem-cells will not > yield good results. If a body is determined to induce dormancy in its own > dopamine cells, it would eventually extinguish it in other introduced cells > unless those cells are growing out of control, causing violent symptoms of > dopamine excess. The younger researchers acknowledge many PD symptoms are > not dopamine related. > > As to Bush accepting anti-science, the scientific community is extremely > tight. If anyone, even one of their own comes up with a differing theory, > they are not listened to. The grants and money are where it is. In this case > it is that dopamine is the answer, whether it is or not. They will let the > PDs live or die by their decision. So anyone that goes against their plan, > is anti-science, even if the anti-science is very scientific, done by PhDs, > Mds and whatever. > Paula > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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