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The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?
Medical · 2019
Last aired: S1 E2, Episode 2 · 2019-03-07
Filmed over six years, 42 people with Parkinson's take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. Can the results give hope to 10 million Parkinson's sufferers worldwide?
Season 1
E1
Episode 1
2019-02-28 · 60 min
In this moving first episode, cameras follow Professor Gill performing surgery on all the volunteers to implant the device he has designed that enables delivery of GDNF to a deep part of the brain. The device comprises four catheters placed in the putamen (a part of the brain key in Parkinson's) that link to a port embedded in the side of the skull through which GDNF can be infused monthly.
E2
Episode 2
2019-03-07 · 60 min
The results are revealed of a six-year medical trial into a new treatment for Parkinson's. Can it give hope to ten million Parkinson's sufferers worldwide?
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Kate Fleetwood
Narrator