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Nick, this is what I get from the webpage.  Can't find info you are
referring to, Ray

"NeuroGeneration has been authorized by the FDA to conduct a phase II
clinical trial for Parkinson's disease. This trial is currently under way
and we are not accepting new participants at the is time."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick & Oanh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: Levesque's webpage


> Ray,
> Go to his company's web page:   http://www.neurogeneration.com/
> My statements below still stand.
> Nick
>
> rayilynlee wrote:
>
>> His webpage said a Phase 2 study is in progress but no new
>> participants are
>> being accepted.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nick & Oanh" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: source of turner's 2004 senate testimony
>>
>>
>>> I believe the reason that ASCs are not being used to treat PD, a la Dr.
>>> Levesque, is that the procedure is to darn difficult (read Costly).  Dr.
>>> L took a biopsy from Turner's brain, filtered out the few neural stem
>>> cells, and cultured them for 9 months in order to have enough to
>>> transplant into Turner's brain.
>>>
>>> Dr. L said in 04, and I believe earlier, like 02, that he was preparing
>>> a phase 2 study.  Well, 4 years later, his web page states that the
>>> study is on hold by the FDA until he has a processing system that meets
>>> GMP (good manufacturing procedures).  His company is either low on cash,
>>> or he is finding it very difficult to meet GMP, or he figures that not
>>> many will pay the big bucks to have the procedure done on them,
>>> considering it may only last 4 years more or less.
>>>
>>> Dr. L's company is at:  http://www.neurogeneration.com/
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> rayilynlee wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Mackenzie for providing the testimony.  It should be noted that
>>>> Turner is/was in his 40's.  I was 67 when I had DBSs.  The aging
>>>> process is
>>>> not a factor on our side when fighting PD progression.
>>>> Ray
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "mackenzie" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:29 PM
>>>> Subject: turner's 2004 senate testimony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On July 14, 2003, Turner was trotted out before the Senate again as
>>>>> evidence that adult stem cells are better than embryonic and that
>>>>> PD is
>>>>> being treated with them (see link below). Looks like Brownbeck
>>>>> facilitated
>>>>> the trotting - maybe this is what Ray saw?
>>>>>
>>>>>  it would be hilarious if it weren't so disturbing - Brownbeck is out
>>>>> there spreading the word that ASCs are treating PD, but.... where are
>>>>> they
>>>>> being used to do that? no one can find them! why aren't PWP the world
>>>>> over
>>>>> flocking to have this procedure? what does he expect people to
>>>>> believe -
>>>>> that those wicked old scientists and supporters of ESCR have found a
>>>>> miraculous new treatment but they are hiding it from the world,
>>>>> because...
>>>>> they would rather kill embryos?
>>>>>
>>>>>  it boggles the mind.
>>>>>
>>>>>  http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1268&wit_id=3676
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick & Oanh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>  Ray,
>>>>>
>>>>> What is your source for Turner's PD returning?
>>>>>
>>>>> How many years of good living has Turner had?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>> rayilynlee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mary Ann,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the "neurologist" of whom you speak was a neurosurgeon, not an MDS
>>>>>> movement
>>>>>> disorder specialist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Mary Ann Ryan"
>>>>>> To:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:33 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Why? Mary Ann
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> whole swaths of scientific research are now decreed "out of
>>>>>>>> bounds" as
>>>>>>>> discussion items, what will this group have left to talk about?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scientific research is *not* out of bounds. Discussions about
>>>>>>> people's
>>>>>>> right to disagree about stem cell research based on moral or ethical
>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>> has, in the past, only proven divisive. A neurologist left this list
>>>>>>> (even
>>>>>>> though he provided wonderful insights into the treatment and
>>>>>>> mechanism of
>>>>>>> PD) specifically because of this kind of discussion. We all need
>>>>>>> to be
>>>>>>> united in this fight - not divided.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's now widely accepted that stem cells hold the key to cures for
>>>>>>>> Parkinson's and many other diseases and conditions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stem cell implants in PWP were discontinued because of the resulting
>>>>>>> violent
>>>>>>> dyskinesia that occurred. It is altogether possible that stem cells
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> the answer to PD.
>>>>>>> ---------
>>>>>>> God bless
>>>>>>> Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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