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I had DBS 11 years ago and am really struggling now. Carbidopa-Levodopa provides little help plus dyskinesias. I don't even think about a cure any more, just some help! -----Original Message----- From: Maryse Schild Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: transplanted fetal dopamine neurons appear healthy after 14 yrs dyskinesias with pigcells?. Someone here reported many years after having them inserted ( TR7driver) but I don´t remember his saying he had dyskinesias. I don´t bet on DBS for it is too empirical. maryse On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My understanding was that the pig cells were not successful in the long > term and caused increased dyskinesia - which has been the problem with > transplanted neuro cells. I don't think that stem cells are going to be > the answer in PD - because of their scatter-shot effect. Too many > functions are compromised with too few successes. I think that brain > stimulation (refined) will eventually prove to be the best treatment. > > Mary Ann > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maryse Schild > Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 12:00 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: transplanted fetal dopamine neurons appear healthy after 14 > yrs > > > This good news needs support from everywhere. Have we known this > > after > > 14 years? > > > Years ago we also had some good reports about transplanted pig cells a > long tie after. What happened to them? > > maryse > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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