RNA interference therapy
Read this today:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9287-huntingtons-...eets-its-match-.htmlWas wondering if anyone had more information on it's applicability to Kennedy's?
06-11-2006, 03:47 PM
BruceInteresting. I'll check with one of our neurologists on the Scientific Review Board on this. Thanks
06-12-2006, 10:39 AM
BruceDr. Andrew Lieberman from the University of Michigan and a member of our Scientific Review Board had this to say when I contacted him: "Thanks for passing the on this question. I think it's quite possible
that this same strategy could work in Kennedy's disease. The idea
behind this approach is quite sound. The real hurdle is to deliver the
gene therapy to the correct cells (motor neurons and maybe skeletal
muscle) and to keep it going the life of the patient. Neither one of
these is easy to accomplish, but I think it's an idea we should keep
track of."