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Even before the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine came off the presses, the new experimental surgery to treat Parkinson's disease had sparked more than its share of controversy. Pro-lifers hated it because the operation used cells from aborted fetuses to replenish patients' dying brain tissue. Many others were troubled because clinical trials of the procedure involved "sham surgery"--in this case, drilling through the skulls of half the patients in the study without giving them any treatment...
...quantity that's so impressive. He's got enough blarney in him to spread across three characters for two hours and still seem like he's got a good lot left over. And the Sugan's actors know just what to do with McPherson's stream of words. Aidan Parkinson as Ray is deliciously self-absorbed--he's also more than happy to share his narcissism with any who will listen. And if you're not listening at first, he'll make sure you are before long. Ciaran Crawford as Frank may be the best actor of the bunch. Theres...
...According to researchers at the University of Colorado and Columbia University, the results of a daring procedure designed to ameliorate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease have fallen well short of expectations. While some of the human test subjects did experience a brief respite from the tremors and loss of balance associated with Parkinson's, a progressive neurological disease, most were unaffected or adversely affected by the experimental procedure...
...Shoulson, a professor of neurology at the University of Rochester in upstate New York, also chairs the nonprofit Parkinson's Study Group, which investigates and oversees clinical trials for new Parkinson's treatments. Dr. Shoulson spoke with TIME.com Thursday about the study and pointed out a silver lining in the otherwise bleak results...
...media, anyway, this study will be painted as a failure. Do you think, beyond all the bad press, that this has a larger significance for Parkinson's research in general...