Re: Parkinson's vaccine announced

["ljherman1@xxxxxxxx" <ljherman1@xxxxxxxx>]

The Fox Foundation has  a good analysis of this research on its website.=

news in Context
"March 2, 2010
Vaccine Reverses Parkinson's Disease in Pre-clinical Model
On March 1, 2010, researchers funded in part by The Michael J. Fox Found=
ation announced that they had developed a vaccine that reverses an exper=
imental form of Parkinson=92s disease in a pre-clinical model.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation spoke with Scientific Advisory Board membe=
r David Standaert, MD, PhD, to gain a clearer understanding of the news =
and what it may mean for people with PD. Dr. Standaert is the John and J=
uanelle Strain Professor of Neurology and Director, Center for Neurodege=
neration and Experimental Therapeutics, at the University of Alabama at =
Birmingham.
full article at
http://www.michaeljfox.org/research_viewpoints_newsInContext_article.cfm=
?ID=3D17  =


---------- Original Message ----------
From: PHL1037@xxxxxxx
To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Parkinson's vaccine announced
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:05:49 EST

Human studies are underway at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and, =
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within the next month, at UNMC to determine if the characteristics of th=
e =

human  immune system are the same as that of mice. If the characteristic=
s are =

the same,  researchers would know if the vaccine is worth testing in hum=
ans.


In a message dated 3/2/2010 2:00:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  =

rayilynlee@xxxxxxx writes:

vaccine  reversed a kind of PD in mice; have to learn if human immune =

systems act in  same way as mice to dopamine  loss.

Ray
Rayilyn Brown
Past  Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson  Foundation



From: Diane Wyshak =

Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010  1:48 PM
To: ray ; Dr. Kong ; don reed =

Subject: Omaha.com - The Omaha  World-Herald: Metro/Region - Parkinson's=
 =

vaccine  announced



http://www.omaha.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/100309986/0/FRONTPAGE  =


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