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Now this looks promising...!! Nic 57/16 On 3 March 2010 15:38, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Fox Foundation has a good analysis of this research on its website. > news in Context > "March 2, 2010 > Vaccine Reverses Parkinson's Disease in Pre-clinical Model > On March 1, 2010, researchers funded in part by The Michael J. Fox Foundation announced that they had developed a vaccine that reverses an experimental form of Parkinson’s disease in a pre-clinical model. > The Michael J. Fox Foundation spoke with Scientific Advisory Board member David Standaert, MD, PhD, to gain a clearer understanding of the news and what it may mean for people with PD. Dr. Standaert is the John and Juanelle Strain Professor of Neurology and Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. > full article at > http://www.michaeljfox.org/research_viewpoints_newsInContext_article.cfm?ID=17 > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Parkinson's vaccine announced > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:05:49 EST > > Human studies are underway at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and, > within the next month, at UNMC to determine if the characteristics of the > human immune system are the same as that of mice. If the characteristics are > the same, researchers would know if the vaccine is worth testing in humans. > > > In a message dated 3/2/2010 2:00:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > vaccine reversed a kind of PD in mice; have to learn if human immune > systems act in same way as mice to dopamine loss. > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > > > From: Diane Wyshak > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:48 PM > To: ray ; Dr. Kong ; don reed > Subject: Omaha.com - The Omaha World-Herald: Metro/Region - Parkinson's > vaccine announced > > > > http://www.omaha.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/100309986/0/FRONTPAGE > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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