There is much research which benifits the researchers but not us ??

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/int...osition=recent

TOKYO - Jichi Medical University has succeeded in restoring the motor function of patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease by injecting their brains with a virus with a built-in gene that has an enzyme to produce dopamine.

Five out of six patients undergoing the first gene therapy in Japan have shown some recovery in their motor functions, the Shimotsuke, Japan-based university said.

One patient who had been unable to move showed remarkable signs of recovery, becoming able to perform normal daily activities, the hospital said
The university said it had confirmed the safety of the virus. Although the treatment is not ready to be used as a general therapy due to the few cases to date, the outcome has the potential to dramatically change the lives of Parkinson’s disease patients
The university research team incorporated a dopamine-producing enzyme within a virus and injected about 300 billion of the viruses into the brains of the six patients between May 2007 and September 2008. Six months later, five of them showed some motor function recovery.