Abstract

Serum from placental cord blood is a critical nutrient in tissue culture with fetal embryonic tissue for our ongoing research with rat, primate, and human fetal brain tissue tranplants for Parkinson's disease. We have been using placental cord blood from University Hospital since 1990. We have been funded by NIH for this double blind study since 1994 and will be continuing tranplants on this and other protocols for at least the next five years. Brain implants with embryonic-dopamine cells offer the only current hope for restoring both the biochemical and anatomic defects of Parkinson's disease. Research in rat and monkey models of Parkinson's disease has shown that transplants of fetal dopamnine cells from early in gestation can restore performance deficits in these animals. We are now in the fifth year of conducting a placebo-controlled, double-blind evaluation of embryonic dopaminergic implants in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. The study objective is to compare with placebo surgery, the efficacy, tolerability, safety, and the effect of embryonic dompaminergic implants when injected into the putamen bilaterally.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR000069-38
Application #
6305036
Study Section
Project Start
1999-12-01
Project End
2001-02-28
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
38
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Colorado Denver
Department
Type
DUNS #
065391526
City
Aurora
State
CO
Country
United States
Zip Code
80045

  Publications

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Arslanian, Silva; El Ghormli, Laure; Kim, Joon Young et al. (2018) The Shape of the Glucose Response Curve During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: Forerunner of Heightened Glycemic Failure Rates and Accelerated Decline in ?-Cell Function in TODAY. Diabetes Care :
Kriska, Andrea; El Ghormli, Laure; Copeland, Kenneth C et al. (2018) Impact of lifestyle behavior change on glycemic control in youth with type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 19:36-44
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Gidding, Samuel S; Bacha, Fida; Bjornstad, Petter et al. (2018) Cardiac Biomarkers in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the TODAY Study. J Pediatr 192:86-92.e5
Jacobson, Denise L; Lindsey, Jane C; Coull, Brent A et al. (2018) The Association of Fat and Lean Tissue With Whole Body and Spine Bone Mineral Density Is Modified by HIV Status and Sex in Children and Youth. Pediatr Infect Dis J 37:71-77
Patel, Sonali S; Truong, Uyen; King, Martina et al. (2017) Obese adolescents with polycystic ovarian syndrome have elevated cardiovascular disease risk markers. Vasc Med 22:85-95

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