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Henry I sent your question on to Diane Wyshak who can find anything. I couldn't find anything on CBSCR for PD. Ray Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Enrique Torres" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:53 AM Subject: Re: stem cells-the science behind the rhetoric > Hi, > > Does anyone know of the use for cord stem cells with > respect to treating PD? > Which company has been the best to work with respect > to storing the cells? > Who is doing the research with respect to cord cells > and PD ? > > Thanks > Henry > > > --- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Joan, the only thing that might do with a little >> updating is Dr. Levesque's >> research. I emailed him about a month ago to ask >> him why Dennis Turner >> never had that second treatment he wanted and what >> happened to Phase II. >> Six months ago he told me Phase II was stopped >> because their labs weren't up >> to FDA standards, but this time he said it was due >> to lack of money. He >> didn't say anything about Turner. I don't >> understand this reluctance, but >> even though Turner was not cured, surely a great >> deal must have been learned >> from his experience - like what doesn't work!! >> >> I would urge all people who are interested in the >> issue of >> fertilization/conception to read Yvonne Perry's >> RIGHT TO RECOVER >> >> Ray >> >> Rayilyn Brown >> Board Member AZNPF >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation >> [log in to unmask] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joan Blessington Snyder" >> <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:16 PM >> Subject: stem cells-the science behind the rhetoric >> >> >> i thought that now might be a good time to dust the >> ole paper and give it a >> reprint and see if it still holds up...lemme know, >> ok? >> >> Stem Cells, Cloning-the Science behind all of the >> Rhetoric >> >> >> >> Out there on the political battlefield, sides have >> been taken, round after >> round has been fired, causalities sustained by both >> sides, but in my view, >> everything is obliterated by a shroud of smoke which >> fills the air and makes >> it almost impossible to think straight. The cause of >> this smokescreen is >> language: words that are as powerful as >> flamethrowers and words that ignite >> fierce reactions from both sides. >> >> >> >> I am Joan Snyder. Many of you know me as a wife and >> mom and a parishioner >> at St. Edward Catholic Church in Chillicothe, IL. >> Still others know me as a >> 51 year old woman who has been diagnosed with >> Parkinson's Disease for 13 >> years; an activist and a fundraiser. Those who know >> me at all, know that for >> years I have been walking a tightrope between the >> controversial, moral and >> ethical problems that have surrounded those with my >> disease, Alzheimer's >> (which killed my father), ALS, spinal chord injury, >> heart disease, diabetes >> and other devastating diseases that could possibly >> be cured with the stem >> cell research and the cloning going on now in the >> science community. >> >> >> >> I am hoping that medical research has finally given >> us an answer which will >> ultimately allow me to feel both that I have not >> compromised my Catholic >> Pro-Life beliefs nor have I turned my back on the >> many thousands of fellow >> PWP's (People With Parkinson's) whom I have gotten >> to know in person and on >> the web-looking at them as if in a mirror, watching >> their slow, downward >> progression mimic mine. >> >> >> >> Let us begin with definitions of some of the >> scariest words out there: >> >> STEM CELLS-Undifferentiated, primitive cells with >> the ability both to >> multiply and to differentiate into specific kinds of >> cells. Stem cells hold >> the promise of allowing researchers to grow >> specialized cells or tissue, >> which could be used to treat injuries or disease. >> There are different types >> of stem cells and different ways of harvesting >> (gathering these precious >> cells). I will talk about these differences later. >> >> >> >> CLONING-Cloning is the creation of multiple copies >> of a single molecule, >> cell or virus. There are many types of cloning, most >> of which are now >> commonplace in science. Cloning has allowed >> scientists to develop powerful >> new drugs and to produce insulin and useful bacteria >> in the lab. It also >> allows researchers to track the origins of >> biological weapons, catch >> criminals and free innocent people and produce more >> plants and animals to an >> undernourished world population. >> >> REPRODUCTIVVE CLONING-is the use of cloning >> technology to create a child. It >> entails taking a fertilized egg and implanting it >> into a woman's uterus. I >> find the entire concept abhorrent, immoral and >> completely unethical. I think >> that this kind of research should be shut down and >> it is something that >> should be banned right away. >> >> THERAPEUTIC CLONING /SCNT (SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR >> TRANSFER)-this involves >> removing the contents of an UNFERTILIZED egg cell, >> replacing it with the >> nucleus of a "somatic cell" (a skin, heart, or a >> nerve cell for example) and >> stimulating this cell to begin dividing. Once the >> cell begins dividing, stem >> cells can be extracted 5-6 days later and used for >> research. SCNT does NOT >> utilize a fertilized egg and it does NOT produce an >> embryo to be implanted >> in a woman's womb therefore SCNT does NOT produce a >> child. >> >> The words "stem cell" create a powerful, explosive >> reaction in people on >> both sides of the abortion issue. The fact is that >> stem cells are in our own >> blood, fat tissues, and perhaps many other parts of >> our bodies. These are >> adult stem cells which have already differentiated >> themselves into the kind >> of cell that they have become. It is thought that >> with further research, >> these may be part of a cure for disease.but no one >> knows for sure. >> >> There are also stem cells that can be harvested from >> umbilical cord blood >> which is routinely discarded after a baby is born. >> Around the nation, cord >> blood banks are being set up to help doctors and >> families donate their >> umbilical cord for research. >> >> Dr. Michel Levesque has been doing work which uses >> the patient's own neural >> stem cells. He removed neural stem cells from the >> patient's brain, cultured >> them in the lab for months to produce several >> million stem cells and then >> implanted them into the part of the brain that is >> affected by the lack of >> dopamine producing cells. Thus far, his work holds >> tremendous promise and >> then there is the research being conducted right >> here in Peoria by Dr. Rick >> Weber who is an Associate Professor of >> Immunopharmacology and Microbiology >> here at the University of Illinois College of >> Medicine, who is working on >> his project which involves activated leukacytes >> utilizing the white blood >> cells of the patient's own blood. >> >> The problem lies herein-at the very mention of the >> words stem cells, people >> tend to forget that there are many kinds of stem >> cells out there that need >> to be researched. Embryonic stem cells are the >> flashpoint that both sides of >> the abortion issue are reacting to when stem cells >> are mentioned. These must >> be harvested from the embryos which are aborted. I >> cannot reconcile taking a >> > === message truncated === > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! 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