Three stem cell infusions via local anaesthesia have been used to treat a US national suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
The man had spent a fortune on drugs, surgery and micr-electrode treatments - this procedure cost him a tiny fraction of earlier treatment.
His treatment in India involved his own bone marrow cells being harvested after the mesenchymal cells had been isolated. The dopamine producing part of his brain (Substantia Nigra) received the harvested cells and his symptoms of severe tremors, rigidity, freezing and slurring of speech were greatly reduced.
Hope or hype? It is early days yet and there is no telling whether there would be a degeneration of the infused cells in the future. The science is so new and much further research is needed - all of which takes time. This man took the risk. Who wouldn't?
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