Gene Therapy Shows Initial Promise for Parkinson’s Disease
This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. A delicate operation that involved placing a gene into the brain was found to reduce the severity of motor symptoms in patients with moderately advanced Parkinson’s disease, whose symptoms were no longer controlled by their medications.
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This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Patient Care March 20, 2019 Archive: Gene Therapy Shows Initial Promise for Parkinson’s Disease Early Stage UCSF Study Demonstrates Treatment Boosted Mobility, Reduced Involuntary Muscle Movements By Suzanne Leigh Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email this article Print this article A catheter (black arrow) transports the gene through a small hole in the skull (white arrow) to the putamen area of the brain. Credit: UCSF.
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