Study Shows Improvement in Tremors After Injection of Genetic Material Into Brain

[Farooqji]

The small study represents the first successful clinical trial comparing a gene-based treatment to sham treatment in Parkinson’s or any neurologic disorder, says Michael Kaplitt, MD, PhD, vice president for research in the department of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.

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[park_bear]

This study and news article are from 2011:

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[Boscoejean in reply to park_bear]

I looked up Dr. Kaplitt and it appears he is now applying his talents to focused ultrasound

[Bolt_Upright]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

They are still plugging away at this solution. It looks like they are launching a new trial. This is from late 2023: Neurosurgeons to Study the Use of Gene Therapy in Subthalamic Nuclei in Parkinson’s Disease nyp.org/advances/article/ne...

There was also good info that came out in 2018: MeiraGTx Announces Publication of New Research Identifying Underlying Mechanism of Functional Improvement Seen with AAV-GAD Gene Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease investors.meiragtx.com/news...

[Boscoejean]

this appears to be from 2011 so it causes one to wonder why there was no follow up on this