The work was designed to look at the procedure's safety rather than effectiveness, said Dr. Schumacher and no major side effects appeared. The patients continually improve. They are not immediately better, but they improve over time as the graft matures. He stressed that the results were preliminary. Parkinson's disease produces symptoms such as tremors, rigidity and slowing of movement.
Medications can help, but often lose effectiveness over time.
Since then a laboratory to prepare pig cells for transplanting into people with diabetes has been set up in Otahuhu by Diatranz Ltd, a company financing the research project. Previous Page . Public Message Forum . Send Private Email .