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Dr. Fink- The rats were lesioned with stereotactic injections of 6-OHDA. Maybe you can explain why he didn't use MTPT (which is what I've seen used to induce parkinsonism? Neither are real Parkinson's, which is why so many successful animal testings fail in human trials. I am "cautiously optimistic" as quoted in the article. I'm sure FDA will scrutinize his findings But one never knows! Peggy <*]]>< Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift..That's why it's called the present! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:03 PM Subject: Re: ARTICLE: Doctor Discovers Possible Cure For Parkinson's Disease > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn