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...cells that have caused so much excitement in recent years because they are like a biological gift certificate that can be turned into other kinds of cells as needed. These cells have also produced much controversy because they are derived from human embryos. I have the disease - Parkinson's - for which stem cells hold the most immediate promise. The hope is that they can be turned into the type of brain cells that produce dopamine, the missing ingredient in Parkinson's patients...
...Second, even if this were a true turning point in stem-cell research, people like me are not going to quickly forget those six lost years. I am 56. Last year I had a kind of brain surgery that dramatically reduces the symptoms of Parkinson's. It received government approval only five years ago. Every year that goes by, science opens new doors, and every year, as you get older and your symptoms perhaps get worse, doors get shut. Six years of delay in a field moving as fast as stem-cell research means a lot of people for whom...
USAGE Faced with a shortage of human egg donors, Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority recently decided to permit the use of cybrid embryos in research that one day could aid in the treatment of such diseases as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Although cybrids confined to petri dishes won't lead to births of humans with bunny ears, some opponents cite the slippery-slope argument, while many consider any kind of human embryonic research morally repugnant...
...reasons that were clearly not mentioned. Of all the problems of the complicated clinical picture of the patient, the acute respiratory insufficiency was not the principal threat to the life of the patient. The Pope was dying from another consequence of the effects on the [throat] muscles from his Parkinson's Disease... not treated: the incapacity to swallow...
...Healing Currents Congratulations to Jeffrey kluger for his article "Rewiring the Brain," about how deep-brain stimulation with electric current can help treat the tremors of Parkinson's disease, among other possible applications [Sept. 10]. I've had Parkinson's for nearly 12 years, so I know the crazy ways the incurable disease chips away at my brain's control center. Stories like yours give all of us with Parkinson's hope. With the help of a charismatic personal trainer at my local ymca fitness center, I've learned to face up to this awesome disease by fighting back...