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> > the "neurologist" of whom you speak was a neurosurgeon, not an MDS > movement > disorder specialist. ....who knew much, much more about the neurophysiology of PD than any of us. He's gone and I'm not happy about it. He was essentially driven from this list. > > As for embryonic stem cell implants for PD I didn't think there were any > yet, only animal studies. A fetal cell experiment had disastrous results. > Dennis Turner's PD has returned after Dr. Levesque used his own adult > brain > cells, so I agree, cell replacement may not necessarily be the answer. > But > hESCR is needed according to most scientists to learn the etiology(causes) > of disease, surely a precursor to treatment. of PD and other diseases. > All > kinds of SCR, knowledge and honesty are needed in this fight. Ray After the disaster with Haun's experiments in Korea, a comment was made by a scientist in the field that stem cell hype has been over-blown so that research money could obtained. Stem cells will do nothing for Alzheimers disease, for instance and will therefore probably have no effect on advanced PD. ---------- Mary Ann -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 2/23/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn