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Hi Jackie, This is exactly what I was railing against last week end. People do partial quotes on things and the PWP and caregivers get battered around in what I call the "Sea of False Hope". I get absolutely furious when these half truths are told for truths!!!! This test has only been tried out on rhesus monkeys with drug induced PD. I realize that rhesus monkeys are primates and so are humans, but rhesus monkeys have a prehensile tail as a part of their movement center in their brains, and humans don't. Humans have the capability for speech and communication which rhesus monkeys lack, so to me ,its the same as saying Apples and Oranges are both fruits! Let's hope they will find out something important in these tests, but they will have to try them out on humans first, and that will have to be approved by the FDA. IMOHO, the FDA gives a new meaning to the expression "Slower than molasses on a cold day in January". Also in my own humble opinion, the FDA should be removed from Federal Control and turned over to a private group of scientists!!!!! But then no one ever asked me for my opinion! Your husband is young enough I feel sure they will find a cure in time for him, but please don't get your hopes up too high for next year. Enjoy today!!!! Always remember, "· Life is easier than you think – All you have to do is: Accept the impossible, Do without the indispensable, Bear the intolerable and Be able to smile at anything. " Source Unknown just me, Marjorie 68/58/55 At 08:40 PM 11/01/2000 -0500, you 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>http://www.wtsp.com/healthcast<http://www.wtsp.com/healthcast/00_briefs.html>/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.