Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Date: September 14, 2006
Summary:
In a study on rats, researchers discovered that blocking one of the body's natural inflammatory factors provides substantial protection against cell death in the brain associated with Parkinson's disease. By using a drug against an inflammatory molecule called tumor necrosis factor or TNF, the researchers saw a 50 percent drop in dopamine neuron death in the brains of rats injected with compounds that cause Parkinson's-like cell death.
Commentary: Hopefully these drugs will have positive effects in treatiing Parkinson's Diseas in humans.
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