For brain problems as diffuse as CP no credible research has been done
anywhere.  The difficulty is with children with CP the damage is pretty wide
spread in the brain.  Anyone right now selling stem cells for CP is probably
using them illegally for profit.

Beth t the Ot

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of Linda Walker
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "Israel Leads the Way on Stem Cells - Forward.com"
> 
> Does anyone know of stem cell research on CP My son was smart 
> enough to get the stem cells from Case's older brother Max. 
> It cost a lot to save them and in this country we can do 
> nothing but if there is a break through Case will have stem 
> cells that can possibly help him. 
> He would have gotten Case's as well but because of the 
> prematurity the hospital was not set up for it. Hooray for 
> Israel, not bending to the anti intellectualism of this country.
> 
> At 04:15 AM 9/3/2006, you wrote:
> >http://www.forward.com/articles/israel-leads-the-way-on-stem-cells/
> >
> >Israel Leads the Way on Stem Cells
> >How the Jewish state became the world's stem-cell capital
> >
> >Joshua Yaffa | Fri. August 25, 2006
> >For people who suffer from familial dysautonomia (FD), hope recently 
> >came in the form of an Israeli chicken egg.
> >
> >
> >In 2001, a team led by Bar-Ilan University professor Ron Goldstein 
> >implanted human embryonic stem cells into chicken embryos to 
> study the 
> >early stages of normal cellular development.
> >
> >Now, Goldstein is using embryonic stem cells to create FD-carrying 
> >human nerve cells in an attempt to better understand how the 
> >degenerative genetic disease works and to test possible treatments.
> >
> >"Once we can produce FD-infected nerve tissue in a petri 
> dish, we will 
> >have a model to understand what is happening on a molecular level,"
> >Goldstein told the
> >Forward. "And this model could also be used to test new drug 
> therapies 
> >for the disease."
> >
> >Familial dysautonomia is a degenerative disease of the peripheral 
> >nervous system
> >- the nerves and neurons outside the central nervous system 
> - that is 
> >found exclusively among Ashkenazic Jews. People who suffer from 
> >dysautonomia have difficulty swallowing and regulating such 
> involuntary 
> >responses as body temperature and blood pressure.
> >
> >Embryonic stem cells are particularly useful for advanced FD 
> research, 
> >because of their pluripotent nature, which means they can 
> proliferate 
> >indefinitely and develop into virtually any cell type. 
> Essentially they are a "blank slate,"
> >Goldstein said. These unique traits also make stem cells an 
> attractive 
> >resource for medical researchers studying other, more common 
> >degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
> >
> >But because days-old human embryos are destroyed in this process, 
> >various religious and pro-life groups have opposed the research. In 
> >July, President Bush vetoed a bill designed to award federal funding 
> >for embryonic stem-cell research.
> >
> >Unlike some branches of Christianity, Judaism places no theological 
> >restrictions on research work with embryonic stem cells. While 
> >experimental work has slowed in the United States, 
> scientists such as 
> >Goldstein have flourished in Israel in recent years.
> >
> >"According to how Jewish tradition understands the fetus in utero, 
> >until the 40th day it is 'like water,'" explained Rabbi 
> Elliot Dorff, 
> >professor at the University of Judaism and author of "Stem Cell 
> >Research," a rabbinic edict approved by The United Synagogue of 
> >Conservative Judaism. From the 41st day onward, Jewish tradition 
> >considers a fetus "like the thigh of its mother," and 
> therefore a full 
> >human being. Stem cells are harvested from embryos within 14 days of 
> >gestation, so there is no theological prohibition against 
> their medical 
> >use according to the Conservative movement.

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