I knew if it was out there you guys would track it down! Sounds as if this is
what was being reported - thanks Jean and Marsha!

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean E. Miller
To: HD Caregivers
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: [HDCaregivers] Re: Cure found? [HD Blog 10/23 Article]


The first thing that popped up when I just did a rearch was on the HD Blog
which has the article. Sounds like what someone was reporting on the HD Support
Club message board? Will search some more!

HD Blog [scroll down to 10/23]
http://www.huntingtons.info/MT/archives/2004/10/
October 23, 2004
NeurotrophinCell Press Release
Here's Living Cell Technologies official press release on their announcement
that NeurotrophinCell reduced cell damage 86% in their Huntington's Disease
model.

The press release:

LCT treatment protects the brain from damage by Huntington's disease

22 October 2004, Australia:

Living Cell Technologies (ASX: LCT), has today released results of
pre-clinical studies demonstrating that its specialised therapy protects nerve
cells in the brain from damage caused by conditions similar to Huntington's
disease. Animals receiving LCT's treatment, NeurotrophinCell, showed 86 per cent
less damage to the brain and showed dramatically improved use of their limbs.

This is the first time that technology of this kind has been proven in a
controlled pre-clinical setting to prevent the degeneration of the brain due to
Huntington's disease-like conditions. The details and data are to be presented
at the Society for Neuroscience annual conference in San Diego this weekend and
published in NeuroReport in November.

Huntington's disease is a devastating and fatal neurodegenerative condition
that can be diagnosed very early in life, before symptoms appear, but for which
there is no cure or intervention strategy available.

"These findings have major implications for enabling treatment of human
neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's and stroke," said Dr. Dwaine
Emerich, VP of Research at LCT BioPharma Inc1 and co-author of the paper
detailing the findings.

"What we have done is successfully implant new choroid plexus cells (the cells
that produce cerebral spinal fluid and a number of factors important for the
health and survival of the brain) thereby protecting specific areas of the brain
from damage" continued Dr. Emerich.

In LCT's proprietary product, NeurotrophinCell, the choroid plexus cells are
encapsulated in a clear capsule derived from algae. This encapsulation hides the
cells from the patient's immune system yet allows the cells to receive nutrients
and chemical signals necessary for functionality and survival."

"NeurotrophinCell has effectively shown the ability of LCT's technology, to
protect brain tissue that would otherwise die, potentially forestalling or
preventing the debilitating consequences of this disease," said Alfred
Vasconcellos, LCT BioPharma's CEO.



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