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On 17 Sep 2003 at 22:57, Murray Charters wrote: > According to Latham, the drug, called Parkinol, causes a dramatic cure > in rats that are given the disease. Rats respond to Parkinson's > disease by perpetually spinning in circles. When the rats are > administered Parkinol, the spinning stops completely for approximately > four weeks, he said. One the keys to this article is in the above paragraph. How are the rats "given the disease". Unless the process of "giving the disease" is the same as what happens in human PD, the rats do not *have* PD. Human PD patients do not "perpetually spin in circles". I would be very wary of this "breakthrough" without *much* more scientific evidence. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn