Stem Cell Research Controversy For Parkinson S Disease

One of the best examples of stem cells is the embryonic stem cell that is found in the early stages of an embryo.

Stem cell research controversy for parkinson s disease.

Stem cell research delivers new points of attack against parkinson s disease by university of luxembourg microscopy pictures of neurons derived from skin cells. There are certain cancer drugs that can raise dopamine levels in parkinson s sufferers and may help ameliorate the symptoms until researchers can find more permanent ways of addressing the disease. Fetal cell transplantation is a procedure in which fetal cells are implanted into the brains of people with parkinson s disease to replace the dopamine producing cells in the substantia nigra. A name he d never heard of was atop an email that was effusive in its praise calling kim s research at mclean on stem cell therapy for parkinson s disease the most promising he d.

Yesterday a team of neurologists neurosurgeons and stem cell biologists from across multiple institutions reported results of a stem cell trial involving one person with parkinson s in the new england journal of medicine the trial also was covered by top science reporter sharon begley of stat. Stem cell treatment for parkinson s disease is in its infancy. Fox who has parkinson s disease has endorsed stem cell research through making an especially using embryonic stem cells has caused controversy wherever it has. Stem cells are cells that can become any different type of cell in the body.

New research which now appears in a special supplement to the journal of parkinson s disease evaluates the potential of stem cell therapy for treating this neurodegenerative condition. In the first of its kind study the patient s own stem cells were turned into dopamine. The research is focused on deciphering the best source of stem cells to use the best ways to turn the stem cells into dopaminergic neurons the type of neurons that are depleted in parkinson s disease and the best ways to introduce the cells into the brain for maximal effect and minimal harm.