TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE CONDITIONS

摘要

A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a lipid glyceride comprising a glycerol moiety and a fatty acid moiety, the fatty acid moiety being selected from th e group consisting of .gamma.-linolenic acid, dihomo-.gamma.-linolenic acid an d arachidonic acid characterised in that the selected fatty acid moiety is attached to the glycerol moiety at its sn-2 position. Preferably the method is that wherein the lipid is administered for a duration and at a dose sufficie nt to maintain or elevate TGF-.beta.1 levels in the patient to therapeutic leve ls.