Marketing Management for Health Care Professionals : Research Strategies (Essay)

Marketing Management for Health Care Professionals

Research Strategies (Essay)

Research Strategies (Essay)
Read the excerpt below.
Identify additional research paths and strategies from a marketing perspective that will best aid
scientists to continue this study.
Your paper should be 1–2 pages and follow APA guidelines.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 2% of the population older than 65 years. PD is caused by a progressive degeneration and loss of
dopamine (DA)-producing neurons, which leads to tremor, rigidity, and hypokinesia (abnormally
decreased mobility). It is thought that PD may be the first disease to be amenable to treatment
using stem cell transplantation. Factors that support this idea include the knowledge of the
specific cell type (DA neurons) needed to relieve the specific cell type (DA neurons) needed to
relieve the symptoms of the disease. In addition, several laboratories have been successful in
developing methods to induce embryonic stem cells to differentiate into cells with many of the
functions of DA neurons.
In a recent study, scientists directed mouse embryonic stem cells to differentiate into DA neurons
by introducing the gene Nurr1. When transplanted into the brains of a rat model of PD, these
stem cell derived DA neurons reinnervated the brains of the rat Parkinson model, released
dopamine, and improved motor function.
Regarding human stem cell therapy, scientists are developing a number of strategies for
producing dopamine neurons from human stem cells in the laboratory for transplantation into
humans with PD. The successful generation of an unlimited supply of dopamine neurons could
make neurotransplantation widely available for Parkinson’s patients at some point in the future.
Source: Stem cell basics. (2015). Stem Cell Information. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of
Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.