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ANYONE KNOW HOW THIS MAY BE APPLICABLE TO THE ATYPICAL PARKINSONISM DISEASES AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY?? IS THIS SWITZERLAND LOCATION NEAR DAVOS, SWITZERLAND??? WE ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT. MEDICAL CONFERENCE THERE THIS SUMMER AND WE ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTED. QUESTION AGAIN:) IS THIS SWITZERLAND LOCATION NEAR DAVOS, SWITZERLAND?? THANK YOU. SINCERELY, NANCY MULLEN mailto:[log in to unmask] NANCY:) Murray Charters wrote: > > 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]