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Linda, isn't Levesque now VP of NeuroGeneration? That is where his response to me came from. My CelMed email didn't go through. The "idea" that there are stem cell successes for PWP is what has been successful. I see it all the time in the blogs and from sources like the FRC and congresspeople opponents of ESCR. That and ESCR "kills babies". People don't stop to ask themselves how many cured people they know. Patricia Payne's husband never answered my email nor did Turner and they are the ones who should speak up as did one of the women used by Brownback for her spinal cord injuries. These people are responsible for spreading misinformation. This whole issue is difficult for well people to understand, I know, I work on my computer guy every week. He is on our side, but still doesn't understand what a blastocyst is and not being able to speak well handicaps me. Because of Turner's DBS, I think his procedure would always be under a cloud of suspicion. Did you see my email from Levesque where he tells me their lab for Phase II will be ready in 6-8 months? So he's into oncology now? well, well, I survived that too once. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Willocks" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: Re: summAary of findings (Levesque) Ray, Greg, and others: It behooves me how something like GDNF or the autologous cells Levesque implanted into Turner get turned around and become "examples of successful stem cell research" using cells other than embryonic. The media just reports what they are told,, which often is half truths - - anything for a sensational story. Ray - I and other members of the Parkinson Pipeline Project have been following Cel-Med for some time. The history of this company's affiliation with Parkinson's research is based on a media story back in 2003??? When Dr. Michel Levesque announced the transplanting of autologous (one's own cells) into the brain of a PWP with 90% improvement. Here's what WAS out there on the company Levesque owned - Celmed BioSciences, which has facilities in Montreal and Los Angeles, is a private company spun off by Theratechnologies In addition to its Theralux(TM)( oncology) program, the Company is evaluating adult neural stems cells for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. (see http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-26 -2004/0002159836&EDATE= ) Now the rest of this story is speculation. Dr. Levesque had a conflict of interest by being the Investigating physician in the autologous cell transplant effort, in that he owned the company.. As our interview at Grassroots Connection revealed, Levesque did some fancy steps and received a $4 million upgrade for his lab. From GRC site: "Dr. Lévesque: Since we did this first patient, there was a lot of different advances and questions that were raised by several people at different committees about the behavior of these cells and also the conditions under which we are growing these cells (the FDA also has changed its recommendation to that of GLP, meaning "good level III procedures", but also to achieve a state of good tissue practice), where the culture rooms that are essentially small incubators, and where procedures are performed in an even more sterile fashion than the operating room. If you can imagine a neonatal unit with these "babies" placed in small incubators-the same thing is done with these adult cells. We have little [laboratory] rooms with specific markers and environment to maintain a constant condition of growth. We are finishing with this, at a cost of $4 million, to achieve this type of environment." For full interview: http://grassrootsconnection.com/levesque_transcript.htm Bottom line, Cel-Med has changed management/owners - the autologous cell transplant trial consisted of only one patient so placebo effect cannot be ruled out - the one patient has turned for the worse - and now Levesque can be found working with oncology (cancer) patients. Is it possible that "money talks?" Peggy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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