Reports of a dramatic medical breakthrough in the science of genetics offers hope to Parkinson’s patients:
In a pioneering study, researchers used the treatment to bring about significant improvements in the mobility of Parkinson’s sufferers. They said it could also herald a breakthrough in the treatment of other neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s or epilepsy.
The 12 patients involved in the study – a world-first human gene therapy trial for a brain disease – all reported a substantial reduction in their symptoms after having a human gene injected.
Read about the procedure in the story, Gene breakthrough against brain diseases,
by Roger Highfield, Science Editor in the Telegraph, UK.