Parkinson's disease

The limitation in Parkinson's disease is a problem with the dopaminergic neurons in the the substantia nigra.

Now a days, there is a process of implanting specific ion channels that open/close up when a specific wave length is shined onto them. This would be useful in increasing the dopamine secretion on the brain. however, these studies have not been experimented on humans.

Nerve regeneration

News of spinal nerve regeneration was splashed across the news.

It was a breakthrough, especially when the patient could achieve some of the lower limb movement. However, as our lecturer stated, the problem is: can it be replicable?

If it can be replicable, will it be possible to use it on Alzheimer's or Parkinson's patients?

Or maybe the same phenomenon can be achieved in regenerating the heart. transplant a myocyte...? Apparently, they have a variety of procedures to induce heart regeneration including sending growth factors etc. in nano particle capsules that either induces differentiation into muscle cells or stops the toxic effect of fibroblasts.

Reference

Hastings et al. 2014 Aug 27. Drug and cell delivery for cardiac regeneration. Adv Drug Deliv Rev.