Gene Therapy Tried for Parkinson's (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051213/ap_on_he_me/parkinson_s_gene_therapy"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051212/capt.ilsp10412122010.parkinson_s_gene_therapy_ilsp104.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=rPB0TwXlbusF4MEJ89bKhQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Mike Castle maintains the boilers at Methodist Hospital in Peoria, Ill., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. Castle had surgeons drill two holes into his skull and injected a virus deep into his brain. The virus carries a gene and a tantalizing hope that just maybe it could stall the Parkinson's disease slowly crippling him. Castle is among a few dozen patients enrolling in the first attempts at gene therapy for Parkinson's, a milestone in the quest to better treat the degenerative brain disease. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mike Castle lay motionless as surgeons drilled two holes into his skull and injected a virus deep into his brain. The virus carries a gene and a tantalizing hope: that just maybe it could stall the Parkinson's disease slowly crippling him.</p><br clear=all>