Tom Isaacs
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| Date of birth | February 18,1987 |
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| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Cardiff |
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| Height | 183 (cm) |
| Weight | 90 (kg) |
| Current teams | Gloucester Rugby |
| Position | Centre |
| Books | Shake Well Before Use |
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| ID | 747921 |
About Tom Isaacs
Tom Isaacs is a Welsh rugby union player who played for the Cardiff Blues. A centre, he represented the Wales sevens squad in 2009 and was part of the squad that won the 7s World Cup in Dubai. Isaacs joined the Ospreys from Newport Gwent Dragons in April 2009.
The radical drug trial hoping for a miracle Parkinson's cure
Tom Isaacs was diagnosed with Parkinson's aged 27. And for 17 years he's been desperate to find a cure.
Now along with 41 others he's volunteered for a ground-breaking medical trial of a drug called GDNF. He will undergo complex brain surgery, And Then months of drug infusions via a port embedded in his skull. And he doesn't even know if he's been given the drug or just a placebo.
Over Six Years we follow Tom and The Volunteers hoping they will be be cured, and The Doctors who believe they have found a breakthrough drug.
Will this be The Miracle that millions of Parkinson's patients around The World have been waiting for?
You can watch the two-part documentary on iPlayer.
Source of news: bbc.com
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