<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/51391607-fb87-4fef-af6d-38478325de84/25365A23-24E2-43FD-9461-1C403C4AA653/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/9F77164B-336C-453F-A33A-8CB2D5C9737A" alt="Hope Ahead" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P><B>April 17, 2007</B> — The first dozen Parkinson's patients to have holes drilled in their skulls for a novel gene therapy attempt weren't harmed — and hints at some improvement have researchers embarking on a larger study to see if the treatment really may work. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>Doctors reported initial results of the closely watched experiment at a neurology meeting Monday, but cautioned that it's far too soon to raise hopes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>At issue: Using a nerve growth factor to try to rescue dying brain cells.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/genetherapy_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417103030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>Some 1.5 million Americans have Parkinson's, a disease that gradually destroys brain cells that produce dopamine, a chemical crucial for the cellular signaling that controls muscle movement. 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