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April 28, 2004
Gene Therapy Trial Shows Promise
It's for Alzheimers, but the technique is applicable to Huntington's Disease.
What they did:
"They took skin cells called fibroblasts from each patient, and used a genetically modified virus to infect them with the NGF gene. The cells were allowed to multiply, then were injected into the brain, in a region called the nucleus basalis, which is severely affected by the disease. "They act as biological pumps for the long term administration of NGF in the brain," says Tuszynski."
There's a lot of interesting detail in the article and you can read it here.
Posted by Dave at April 28, 2004 04:39 PM
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I was wondering what happened to the Parkinson's test they did starting last September. They were supposed to do one patient a month for a year as I recall.
This is really good news, and a breath of fresh air that somebody is doing something with real results.
It makes sense that a genetic disease is being treated with gene therapy. I love to hear about this, I think it's the only hope we have of finding a cure!
Posted by: Fred at April 28, 2004 10:35 PM
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