Re: Parkinson's vaccine announced

[Nic Marais <marais.nic@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now this looks promising...!!

Nic 57/16

On 3 March 2010 15:38, ljherman1@xxxxxxxx <ljherman1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 Foundation 
> announced that they had developed a vaccine that reverses an experimental 
> form of Parkinson?s disease in a pre-clinical model.
> The Michael J. Fox Foundation spoke with Scientific Advisory Board member 
> 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 Juanelle 
> Strain Professor of Neurology and Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and 
> Experimental Therapeutics, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
> full article at
> http://www.michaeljfox.org/research_viewpoints_newsInContext_article.cfm?ID=17
>
> ---------- 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,
> within the next month, at UNMC to determine if the characteristics of the
> human  immune system are the same as that of mice. If the characteristics are
> the same,  researchers would know if the vaccine is worth testing in humans.
>
>
> 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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