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Susan B. Anthony List makes false claims: I assume you are referring to Dennis Turner who got a reprieve from his PD symptoms for about 5 years. I talked to him by phone March 24 2006 and he confirmed he was worse than ever. Also, Turner was Phase I, Phase II of Dr. Levesque's experimental study is stalled due to not meeting certain research standards, although Turner opined it might be due to lack of funding. The 2nd phase II "growth factor" study sounds like the GDNF study that has nothing to do with adult stem cells. But then you fail to identify the studies. I have had Parkinson's disease for 10 years and do not expect a cure from anything in my lifetime, but it really angers me that you see fit to misrepresent the truth in your zeal to stop embryonic stem cell research. Currently their are no treatments for Parkinson's disease that utilize adult stem cells. Rayilyn Brown, Surprise, AZ [log in to unmask] HERE IS THE FALSE INFORMATION: "Parkinson's patient treated with his own adult stem cells continues to exhibit relief from 80% of his symptoms more than 6 years after his surgery. A Phase I human clinical trial using this therapy is currently underway." A Phase II clinical trial is underway in human patients using a growth factor to stop the destruction of neurons in the brain. In the Phase I trial, patients showed 60% improvement in their symptoms." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn