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Sir Billy Connolly has volunteered to become a "guinea pig" of stem cell research as part of efforts to find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
The comedian born in Glasgow was diagnosed with the disease five years ago.
He says he has been in contact with scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA, whose stem cell institute is a leader in Parkinson's research.
The thing I find most difficult is to understand the fact that it's never going to go away
Sir Billy Connolly
The 75-year-old told The Mail on Sunday: "I talked to guys who worked at Harvard and told them I would be a guinea pig for them.
"I think they'll take me on this."
Sir Billy was diagnosed with prostate cancer – for which he had been operated on successfully – the same week, he was told that he had Parkinson's disease in 2013.
The disease is the first thing he thinks about every day, he told the paper.
He added: "The thing that I find most difficult is to understand that it will never go away."
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