Re: Debate about the

[Brightline <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!
    I heard a glimpse of something to the same effect in the CNN Headline
news at 10.30 PM on 31stMay.  But, I mised the details of the  info.
Therefore, I watched the same news at 11 PM.  But, unfortunately, this item
was omitted at the 11 PM edition (10 Pm Eastern time in USA).  If anybody
else heard it, it would be great if you could post a gist of the news.
    Raj
brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Rhys Morris" <rhysmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:57 AM
Subject: Debate about the


> This item was recently posted on the UK PDNews service.  What caught my
> attention is the comment  "adds to the debate over whether the current use
> of dopamine in the treatment of Parkinson's could make things worse in the
> long run,"
>
> I didn't know there was a debate.  Does anyone have any more information
> about this?
>
> thanks
>
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>
> Subject: [pdnews] "Brain Protein Identified As Likely Factor In
Parkinson's"
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 20:27:48 +0100
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> >From 
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> [snip]
> >A protein that exists normally in most of the cells in the brain has been
> >identified as a possible factor in the development of Parkinson's
disease.
> >
> >The discovery could point the way to treatments.
> >
> >In lab experiments, when the brain protein alpha-synuclein combines with
> >dopamine in nerve cells it can trigger the production of toxic reactive
> >oxygen molecules that kill the nerves, according to a research team led
> >by Dr Bruce Yankner of Harvard Medical School.
> >
> >If this process operates in patients the same way it does in the
> >laboratory, it could set scientists on the path to potential treatments,
> >Dr Yankner said.
> >
> >But it also adds to the debate over whether the current use of dopamine
> >in the treatment of Parkinson's could make things worse in the long run,
> >he added.
> >
> >The findings appear in the journal Nature Medicine.
> [snip]
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