Revolutionary New Treatment For Parkinson's

A team of Oxford scientists believe they have created a groundbreaking form of therapy that could revolutionise the way Parkinson's disease is treated.

Sky News has been given exclusive access to one of the patients involved in the gene therapy trial, who says it has been like turning back the clock 10 years.

Sheila Roy was diagnosed with Parkinson's in her forties. After 17 years with the disease she suffered from severe tremors and a lack of balance made simple tasks like writing impossible.

She says she felt trapped in a "Jekyll and Hyde" state, lost her confidence and was only getting three hours' sleep a night.

She is one of only 15 people worldwide to have had the radical new treatment, which effectively creates a medicine factory in her brain. Read More