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NZ scientist pioneers Parkinson's therapy
17/12/2007 11:00:02

A New Zealand neuroscientist has pioneered a controversial gene therapy for
Parkinson's disease.
Professor Matt During says the treatment inserts synthetic copies of human
genes into the brain.
He says 12 patients have been studied at Weill Medical College of Cornell
University in New York, who all had Parkinson's for at least five years. He
says there were no side affects to the gene therapy, and the patients
improved significantly.
Professor During says the results will now be tested again by an independent
body.

Rayilyn Brown
Board Member AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
rbrown@xxxxxxxxx

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