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NZ scientist pioneers Parkinson's therapy 17/12/2007 11:00:02 A New Zealand neuroscientist has pioneered a controversial gene therapy for Parkinson's disease. Professor Matt During says the treatment inserts synthetic copies of human genes into the brain. He says 12 patients have been studied at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York, who all had Parkinson's for at least five years. He says there were no side affects to the gene therapy, and the patients improved significantly. Professor During says the results will now be tested again by an independent body. Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn