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Hi Richard and Rick, Thank you for your warm welcome and encouraging words. I am glad that previous post has added in someway to this wonderful group. Although I am currently studying Health administration, my knowledge regarding Parkinson comes from my background. I am a doctor ( but not the neurologist ). I have volunteered for around 4 months in a lab that focuses on Parkinson disease. I have read pertaining articles and discussed it with faculties and that is how I have learned about latest research that is going on in this aspect. If there is anyway I can contribute, I will be glad to do so. Best wishes. Pawan On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Richard W. Rice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Pawan > > Welcome aboard ! > > I read your interesting article and since you are new here to all of us, I > am sure we'd like to know more about who you are and I would like to know > the source as to where you got all this information from. > > Reason: > You just joined in w/o introducing yourself, which is why I am curious as > you who you are, whether you are a scientist, a doctor, a teacher or > whatever. > > Many thanks for taking the time in writing this article to us and I look > forward to hearing from you soon. > > Richard, cg for Anita in USA > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: p r <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:49:17 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Stem Cell and Parkinson - Current Research > > > Hi All, > > I am new to this group. I have a keen interest in research that is going on > in Parkinson's treatment. Lately I noticed discussion about Stem Cell and > Parkinson treatment and hence I thought it is worth sharing what I have > learned from reading various articles. > > Therapeutic approach for the Parkinson's are : Medical, Surgical and Stem > cell, a late edition to the inventory. Drawback of the Medical and Surgical > therapies is that it can not hold the disease progression. It has always > stimulated researchers to look for an option that can hold the progression > of the disease. Researcher are founding Stem cell as a potential answer of > this problem > > Let us start with basics. What are Stem Cells : Stem cells are > undifferentiated cells without mature tissue-specific characteristics, and > they are able to proliferate to reproduce themselves. They are also able to > transform into a type of cell called progenitor cells that can in turn > differentiate into one or more cell types under proper condition. The key > properties of stem cells, namely, self renewal and multipotentiality, > have made such cells very attractive alternative cell sources for neural > transplantation. > > Purpose of Stem cell is to simply to provide dopaminergic neurons to > replace > the lost functions of degenerated neurons. > > There are several types of Stem cells that are under consideration, each > with specific advantage and drawback. I believe, at this stage, it would > not > be appropriate to go into details of them, but I would be happy to come up > with the details if someoone is interested. > > However, this mode of treatment also faces challenges. One of the most > important one amongst it is concern for "immunological rejection". Our > immune system recognizes these cells as a foreign and hence attack them. > > Hence, although Stem cell therapy seems very promising one, and may be in > turn proves to be revolutionary, it needs to go through rigorous testing > under various clinical, scientific and ethical criteria. > > Regards, > > Pawan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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