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so the drug companies have more time to sell you drugs.... Quoting Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]>: > "She told the American Association for the Advancement of Science patients > could be treated sooner as a result." > > Treated with what? And to what degree of benefit? > > "Early diagnosis is key because we know that by the time a typical > individual > presents with the symptoms of the disease, chemical changes have already > caused significant cell death of vulnerable motor neurons," she added. > > And how does early diagnosis help us protect those vulnerable motor neurons? > They never say... > > Kathleen > > > > > 2009/2/15 schild.m <[log in to unmask]> > > > Light 'could detect Parkinson's' > > A light as bright as a million-watt bulb could help identify early signs > > of > > Parkinson's disease, British researchers have said. > > The Keele University team told a conference that a "super-microscope" > > could > > spot changes in brain cells before the disease destroyed them. > > Keele's Dr Joanna Collingwood said that the technique was "pioneering". > > She told the American Association for the Advancement of Science patients > > could be treated sooner as a result. > > 'Early diagnosis' > > Dr Collingwood said the team had been using a synchrotron - or Diamond > > Light > > Source (DLS) - at Harwell, Oxfordshire. > > The device is a large doughnut-shaped particle accelerator, the size of > > five > > football pitches, which fires particles at just below the speed of light, > > focusing them into a beam less than a single cell in diameter. > > It allows researchers to to observe iron levels in individual brain > cells, > > which are affected by Parkinson's. > > Dr Collingwood told the AAAS conference in Chicago: "We have been able to > > investigate human tissue with such precision that metal ions, particularly > > iron levels, in and around individual cells can be mapped. > > "The technique is pioneering in that it does not change the distribution > > or > > form of the metals in the tissue being studied." > > She said she hoped that the team's work could help doctors detect early > > signs > > of Parkinson's using MRI. > > "Early diagnosis is key because we know that by the time a typical > > individual > > presents with the symptoms of the disease, chemical changes have already > > caused significant cell death of vulnerable motor neurones," she added. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn