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Originally Posted by soccertese
there are 2 or more GDNF trials in progress, there has been a huge amount of research on gdnf and some very large and expensive trials in the past that failed treating pd, one funded by AMGEN, search on GDNF here. everything seems to cure/prevent pd in rats but fails miserably in humans. money is an issue but so is finding enough volunteers willing to risk introducing drugs and/or genes into the brain when pd isn't fatal, that is also slowing down the pace of research.
every gene therapy trial in humans has failed yet worked great in rodents and primates. gotta keep things in perspective.
if you want to get involved join PAN or some other advocacy group.
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If I understand the earlier AMGEN GDNF study, far from a miserable failure, many of the quite human patients, were very pleased with how GDNF gave them their lives back, so much so that they sued AMGEN to get them to continue giving them GDNF, but sadly they were refused (see article below).
Amgen sued for Parkinson's drug
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangele...5/daily29.html