Parkinson Disease

Gene therapy study begins

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 11th, 2003

Researchers slipped billions of copies of a gene into the brain of a Parkinson disease patient, marking the first attempt to test gene therapy in a person with that disease.

The 55-year-old patient had dinner afterward and was doing fine, Dr. Michael Kaplitt of Weill Cornell Medical College said a few hours after completing the procedure.

The man, whom the surgeon did not identify, is the first of a planned 12 patients for a study focusing on the procedure's safety, rather than whether or not it relieves symptoms.

"Our whole goal here is to prove this is safe before we move on," Kaplitt said.

Kaplitt said it...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2003-09-11)

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