Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson’s Disease Effective in Improving Motor Function

Gene Therapy Trial For Parkinson’s Disease Effective In Improving Motor Function
Parkinson’s disease patients who have not responded to drug treatment experienced considerable improvement in motor function with injections of the GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) gene directly into their brains. The findings of this randomized, double-blind gene therapy trial have been published in the latest issue of The Lancet Neurology. The authors wrote that further development of their …
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Diversion program OK’d in burglary, vandalism
LOCKPORT—A Niagara Falls burglar was admitted to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Wednesday after pleading guilty to entering a store and vandalizing a car in a separate incident the same day.
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Prescription drug abuse a rising problem
Cases of prescription drug abuse are soaring in Maryland, and the state needs a database to monitor prescriptions to help fight a serious public health concern, a top state health official told a panel of lawmakers in Annapolis Thursday. Dr. Fran Phillips, Maryland’s deputy secretary for public health services, said that between 2007 and 2010 the rate of admissions into drug treatment programs …
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Ill. praised in hiking age for adult court
Fewer kids in trouble are being sent to adult court nationwide, according to a new study.Illinois was praised in the new report from the Campaign for Youth Justice, an organization that focuses on the issue.Illinois is one of three states to have raised the age at which kids are automatically tried as adults, leaving 11 states where juvenile court jurisdiction ends earlier than the age of 18 …
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