It has been interesting to see how the world of Parkinson’s has developed just over the past year. I recently read that Parkinson’s disease is projected to double in the top 15 developed countries. Many of these countries are located in Asia and may not be ready for this growing threat, a very scary situation to think about. The world in many ways has been focused on contagious diseases or diseases that have become epidemics, a very important thing to tackle, but it’s also important to keep in mind diseases like Parkinson’s disease that are affecting more and more people.
One thing that is relieving is the great research that has been taken place over the last year and even months. It seems every day researchers are little bit closer to understanding Parkinson’s disease. One recent finding submits that skin cells can be used as stem cells. this type of procedure in some ways will put to rest some of the ethical issues from stem cell treatment, mainly with embryonic stem cell treatment which basically destroys a forming fetus so that stem cells can be applied.
