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Originally Posted by soccertese
i just have to wonder if less advanced pd'ers would volunteer knowing that receiving genes, etc. into the brain would likely preclude them from any future trials and of course there is a small risk of brain damage.  |
No doubt its a huge dilemma. However, if the Phase 1 safety studies come out ok (which they basically have been so far) I think you would get volunteers. Especially if the research continues to show that nothing else works on advanced patients. My analysis would be, take the shot when I can as opposed to hoping something comes along down the road, goes through 20 years of research and then becomes available to me when I'm 80.
Just a thought, and I agree with all of your issues.