Prof. Steven Gill "GDNF: Back to the Clinic"
Professor Steven Gill pioneered the original work using Glial cell line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in people with Parkinson’s. Since the initial pilot study, he has designed a new delivery system to enable this key growth factor to be delivered optimally, not only in terms of safety and efficacy, but also in a way which can be administered to patients practically and accurately.

Professor Gill’s Functional Neurosurgery Research Group has extensive pre-clinical and clinical Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) research experience and has successfully completed a number of studies which have led directly to clinical trials. This group has unique and world-leading CED catheter technology which is currently being used to treat patients with a range of neurological disorders including adults and children with malignant brain tumours and Parkinson’s Disease.
Date: 5 May 2015, 16:00
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Library, please note the building closes at 4pm
Speaker: Professor Steven S Gill MB FRCS MS (Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, North Bristol NHS Trust)
Organising department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Organiser contact email address: melanie.witt@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Part of: OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Melanie Witt