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PARKINSON'S DISEASE NEWS 4th March 2008 - News report unfertilized STEM CELLS TO BE USED IN parkinson's disease International Stem Cell Corporation announced that its human parthenogenetic stem cell lines will be used in Germany in studies aimed at creating specific cell types to treat human neural diseases such as Parkinson's disease. ISCO's human parthenogenetic stem cells are created from unfertilized human eggs, yet they share with conventional human embryonic stem cells the ability to differentiate into all tissue types. They are also the first step in solving one of the major obstacles to stem cell therapy, which is the rejection of implanted cells by the patient's own immune system. So cells derived from this line will not be immune rejected after transplantation into millions of individuals of differing sexes, ages and racial groups. They aim to make their cell lines and intellectual property easily available, and thereby become a supplier of stem cells for use by patients across the world. Their intention is to distribute their human parthenogenetic stem cell lines to as many qualified researchers as possible. For more information go to the Complete article. Despite stem cell surgery already taking place around the world, nobody has been rid of Parkinson's Disease after having it. 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