Possible cure?

[docjleonard55]

Interesting article I came across this morning

yahoo.com/lifestyle/parkins...

[park_bear]

At least the fifth time this has been posted recently

[MBAnderson in reply to park_bear]

I noticed the longer it takes a publication to pick up on a story, the sloppier it is. Yahoo Life probably only learned about the subject matter by reading other publications.

[MBAnderson in reply to park_bear]

And here is the 6th incarnation- although more precise.

news-medical.net/news/20200...

[RS313]

Hope this is true

[MBAnderson in reply to RS313]

RS, it can't be true because mice don't have Parkinson's. (Scientists do things that cause mice to mimic Parkinson's, but human Parkinson's is not caused by the same mimicking process.)

[Xenos in reply to MBAnderson]

Well stated...

[WinnieThePoo in reply to MBAnderson]

Which of the threads on this subject would you like me to repeat my original comment on?

[RS313 in reply to MBAnderson]

Duh!!! i guess i was so excited to read this i didnt even think of that.Aw now i am sad

[Hidden in reply to MBAnderson]

One could argue that the parkinsons experienced by the Frozen Addicts was caused by, amongst other things perhaps (gene mutations come to mind), the same mimicking process that mice undergo. Though inadvertently, in the case of the addicts.

A cure would require new neurons (or the reactivation of dormant neurons maybe) and a stopping of the degenerative process. It's possible those two goals could be achieved independently.

[MBAnderson]

doc,

My own rule of thumb is; I do not ever take an article serious (and most of the time I don't even read it) that has the word "cure" in the same sentence as the word "mice" or "Parkinson's" unless it's on the front page of the New York Times.

[Grumpy77 in reply to MBAnderson]

Ugh, this coming a day or two after DT accused the New York Times of publishing fake news