Elena Bertran
$5,167.00 Donated!
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After hiking Machu Picchu in 2016, the Camino Santiago in 2018 and the Dolomites in 2022 I am now training with my Power Over Parkinson’s friends to hike the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail in Japan this May.
As in the past, we will pay our own travel expenses and are also collecting donation money. Half of the money we raise will go to support the good works of the Parkinson’s Association of San Diego. Check out all they do on this website! The other half of the donations will be donated to support the creation of an MRI surgery suite at Scripps Hospital.
Why build this MRI suite? Because after over twelve years of research and the FDA approval process the dopamine cell replacement therapy developed by Aspen Neuroscience, and the motivation for Sherrie Gould to begin these fund-raising treks, is starting clinical trials this year. Not only that, but on May 16 I am scheduled to travel to the University of Arizona in Tucson to receive my dopamine neurons grown from my own skin cells. I am so excited to be on the leading edge of this treatment that shows so much
promise to improve so many lives now and in the future!
Here are links to brief articles about the study:
https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/aspen-collect-patient-data-remotely-stem-cell-therapy-trial/
Domo Arigato,
Elena
Anonymous
John Crawford
John Don Carlos
You are amazing! And a brave pioneer for stem cell - cheering for you.
Elena Bertran
Thank you Silvia for the $100 donation! Elena
Mary Jane Bagby
Thank you for all the good work you are doing.
Tess Lesniewski
Love you mom!
Pauline Wightman
Have a fabulous trip!
Barbara Kalafer
Elena you go girl!! Barbara Kalafer
Megan Tucker
Anonymous
Pam and Steve Frisina
Rick Bertran
Elena, we are proud of you and the aggressive way you have attacked your situation. Love Rick & Debb
