I am a new subscriber of this list. My name is Antonio and I am from=20 Barcelona (Spain).I am very interested about parkinson because my mother has= =20 it. She is 61 and she was diagnosed as having parkinson's 15 years ago.=20 Until 1992 her life was bearable, but now she has big problems to walk ( the= =20 illness has damaged only her legs, and they are always trembling or very=20 stiff). Consequently, she dreams about surgical operation that changes her= life. She has tried to have a pallidotomy, but surgeons said the problems of this,= =20 like speech problems, but she is going on asking about some solution. We knew last year about an special solution made in Cuba, where there is an= =20 special centre that works with human foetus. I don not know details about=20 it, but I am very interested to know the opinion of everybody who can give= =20 me information like if is true it is the best system to improve the illness,= =20 if Cuba is the sole country with this technique, if you think it is not=20 morality acceptable,etc. I would very grateful of all kind of information of you. Thanks and sorry=20 for my bad english.=20 ____________________________________________________________________________ Antonio J. Molina Sabadell (Barcelona) ESPA=D1A [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________________________________