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Hi Jackie, Sorry to deflate your NEWS balloon, but.... Oct 26th,2000 http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/rpsl-gts102300.html "anticipates that clinical testing in humans" ... "will begin in Switzerland and the U.S. in less than five years" I think One year is far too optimistic for any thing resembling a CURE.... But... even 5 years to go is encouraging compared to our recent hopeless past... Cheers ....... murray On 1 Nov 2000, at 20:40, Jackie G. wrote: > > I heard this on my local TV news this evening (a CBS affiliate), so I > went to their web page (at http://www.wtsp.com/healthcast/00_briefs.html > ) I could not find anything else on this news. I was unable to get > into a Rush Presbyterian web page. Has anyone heard anything about > this? > > Sounds so promising... may be available in ONE year! > > Praying it is true, Jackie > (for husband, Bob 50/42/35) > Parkinson's advances > The central cause of Parkinson's disease is a lack of a chemical in the > brain called dopamine. Now researchers at Rush Presbyterian Hospital in > Chicago think they've found a way to make those Cells produce dopamine, > by using gene therapy. Researchers injected a new gene to produce > dopamine directly into the brains of rhesus monkeys. As a result the > dopamine made the symptoms of Parkinson's disappear in all of the > monkeys, without returning. Doctors say the treatment may be available > for humans in a year. > **************** [log in to unmask]