Parkinson's patients 'walk and talk again' after receiving cancer drug in trial
A cancer drug tested on people with Parkinson’s disease has produced remarkable results, giving some patients a new lease of life.
The drug, called nilotinib, has been used in the past to treat patients with a certain type of leukaemia. But in a small clinical trial in the US, 12 people with Parkinson’s disease or a similar condition called “dementia with Lewy bodies” were given small doses of nilotinib for a six-month period with startling results.
Dr Charbel Moussa, who led the study at Georgetown University Medical Centre in Washington DC, said: “We’ve seen patients at end stages of the disease coming back to life.”
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Edited by rikelme, 19 October 2015 - 11:47 PM.