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| February 23, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: LAURAN NEERGAARD

An antibiotic and a muscle-related compound are leading candidates for a major U.S. government study of whether certain compounds could slow the worsening of Parkinson's disease.

A pilot study, unveiled Thursday, suggests the two _ the antibiotic minocycline and creatine, a substance produced in muscle tissue _ may have some benefit.

It's far too early for patients to seek the pills, stressed Dr. Diane Murphy, who oversees Parkinson's research at the National Institutes of Health, which funded the work.

But in the study of 200 patients in the earliest stages of the disease _ they…

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