Folic Acid

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Did anyone see the news report on tv this evening about scientist at Leicester had discovered giving fruit flies folic acid actually stopped Parkinsons disease developing

http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-02-04/parkinsons-disease-university-of-leicester-hails-scientific-breakthrough/

 

Very interesting

 

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Hi shelley65

No I missed it but my daughter rang to tell me about it. Thanks for putting the website up i'll have a look at it

 

 

Sheila

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Please don`t get your hopes up just yet.  My OH has been taking folic acid for 18 months and his difficulties are still increasing.

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Hello everyone

We saw the news about folic acid on ITV too and have posted a story on the website explaining what the team have found and what it could mean for people with Parkinson's.

Read our story: http://bit.ly/1exqNeO

Best wishes

Claire

(Parkinson's UK research team)

 

 

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They say the fly had a specific mutation. Anyone knows which one ?

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PINK1.........involved in mitochondrial function