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hey ray, there's an article written four months ago in the honolulu star bulletin: http://starbulletin.com/2007/03/29/news/story05.html helen altonn wrote the piece, her email address is:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]://starbulletin.com/2007/03/29/>and i've added her to this thread. helen, this is a large mailing list for parkinson's disease-related topics. stem cell treatments and policies are a common topic here. do you have any recent information on penny? is she still doing well? -archie On 7/27/07, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I can't find anything recent on Penny. Why is that? > Ray > > > Penny Thomas, 52, of Hawaii was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in > 2002. > She received injections of retinal neural stem cells last year. Before > treatment, she shook uncontrollably and could no longer eat by herself, > read > or write or get out of a chair. After the treatment, she says she shakes > less and can read and write again and eat by herself. Last summer, she > passed her driver's license test. "I went sailing the other day ... I > actually was at the helm of the boat for 2 and 1/2 hours! I feel like I'm > a > kid again," she wrote in a Web blog. > * * * * * > Donny Wayne > > Rayilyn Brown > Board Member AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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