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Old 06-25-2012, 08:14 AM
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Default ah, welcome to the world of "research"

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Originally Posted by Diego24 View Post
GM1 ganglioside
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PD_Neuroprotection/GM1

So if I am right they knew about this in 1995. In 2005-2006 they started clinical trials on 26 patients, for a period of 5 years. People had less symptoms after 5 years than at the beginning of the trial. So why the hell aren't people getting treated with this ? Why do I find on the website MJFox foundation that they are still doing preclinical tests on this ? Really ... can someone explain this to me ?

And how can something that was discovered in 1995 still not have been completely determined as neuroprotective or not ?
First, thanks for sharing this. There are many things we have all read, learned, shared, that sound so promising but have been shelved for unknown reasons. I know you don't like conspiracy theories, and I'm normally not in that camp, but one does wonder why, particularly when it seems to happen over and over and over and...
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