Experimental medical research underway at Scripps Clinic has the potential for helping a number of patients with Parkinson's disease. Researchers say it also could change the way stem cell research is viewed and the way doctors and patients team up to find new treatments for disease.
Eight patients at Scripps Research Institute hope the procedure will allow their own skin cells to be developed into cells that can replace their brain cells that have been damaged by Parkinson's disease. The patients are also involved in helping to raise millions of dollars for the research with a grassroots organization they started called Summit4StemCell.