Edge Medicine

Gene therapist Matt During and his team of trans-pacific researchers have announced a “significant advance” in their search for a potentially revolutionary treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Published in the prestigious journal Science the findings derive from a technique of inserting a synthetic gene into the brain using an inactivated virus. In a world first, the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a trial to test the therapy for safety on 12 people with severe Parkinson’s, after promising results in animal trials. Click here for the NZEDGE hot profile on During.


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Microbiologist Tanu Gupta Wins Basil Jarvis Prize

Microbiologist Tanu Gupta Wins Basil Jarvis Prize

Palmerston North AgResearch senior scientist Tanushree Gupta has received the Basil Jarvis Prize at the Applied Microbiology Awards, which was presented to her in London, AgResearch communications specialist Gred Ford writes…