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Originally Posted by caldeerster
I'm not going to "accept" what science is offering us now, because, frankly science can do far better with this disease, and I belleve they are finally on the verge of doing so. EVen if a "cure" remains elusive for a number of years, if researchers can learn how to disaggregate alpha synuclein and if they can slow or stop the inflammatory process which causes cell death, the disease then becomes a chronic, NON-degenerative condition, which I think all of us would welcome as a huge step forward. And I don't think that is unachievable in the relatively near future.
caldeerster
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I love your attitude! I'm hoping that the research conducted at Columbia this April showing the link between dopamine, a calcium channel, and alpha-synuclein goes somewhere. Isradipine, the calcium channel blocker, showed a slowing of disease progression in animal models. Sounds like at the very least a possible new treatment to slow things down and buy us more time.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-pnd042309.php
Laura