Parkinsons and stem cell research/cure does anybody know what progress is being made?

[charlton]

[alllowercase]

No but where do i sign up?

[larry33b]

According to the Michael J Fox foundation they have less hope then they had before with stem cells. Work is continuing but they are looking in other areas as well.

[CPT_Helen Partner]

transeuro.org.uk/ you might find this cell therapy project of interest.- a huge amount of work is ongoing in this area to understand previous work in the field, and identify the best way forward. Hope this helps.

[CJ49]

I read an article that stated it depended upon what "type" of stem cell it was.....the "fetal" stem cell research proved unsuccessful....They said it was like taking a pot of spoiled soup and adding a cup of fresh soup to it....didn't help....however other "types" of stem cells may still be successful.....We can only pray that this will succeed!

[honeycombe3]

As a volunteer in the Transeuro trial who has put in lots of time & effort I hope the negative comments will be proved wrong. I suffered from acute claustrophobia so I spent months (& money) on hypnotherapy to prepare for an essential MRI scan, which I managed. I also learnt a degree of self-hypnosis which helps with pain, stress & tremor so volunteering for trials can also have unexpected bonuses. Why not give it a try?