i'd like to know how the phase 1 patients are doing.
they only received an implant on 1 side of brain but it would be nice to know if they were still getting symptom improvement.
http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-dise...-seems-to-work
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pagewanted=all
They were more hopeful back then, about the disease and Mr. Klein's ability to work. In 2003, he was featured in news media around the world -- including the front page of The New York Times -- when he became the first human to receive gene therapy for Parkinson's. His handsome portrait, taken during a nine-hour photo shoot, was displayed in full-page ads extolling NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's cutting-edge medical care.
But the therapy did not stop the Parkinson's. Mr. Klein, now 60, is still not able to work. He has deteriorated mentally. ''I don't remember a lot,'' he said. And physically. ''I freeze in the middle of things.
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just providing some more info.