THANKS so much, Nina!  You and Joe are a model for PD advocates!
This is good information to use.
Peggy


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From: "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: FELLOW TEXANS-LET'S ENSURE A CURE!


> If you live in Texas, we need your help.  I am a co-coordinator for PAN
for
> the state of Texas and vice-president and newsletter editor for the
Houston
> Area Parkinson Society (HAPS).  I  have had PD for 18 years and am a
> founding board member of Texans for the Advancement of Medical Research
> (TAMR) which developed out of a successful grassroots effort to stop
> legislation that would have outlawed regenerative medicine in Texas.
>
> Did ya'll know that 20,000 people are dying every week who might have been
> saved with regenerative medicine?  Approximately 2800 men, women and
> children died dramatically on 9-11.  The reality is.a similar number of
> people are dying EVERY day accompanied by the prolonged pain and suffering
> of disease.  The anguish to their families is just as great as 9-11 was to
> our country.   9-11 was truly a tragic disaster that neither you nor I
could
> prevent, but we're living daily with a disaster that we can prevent!
>
> Our loved ones suffering from numerous diseases, number in the hundreds of
> thousands in Texas.  We are counting on our legislators to be our
advocates
> for life by supporting legislation for regenerative medicine -focusing on
> stem cell research.
>
> Your help is needed in this effort to educate your state representative or
> state senator.  Some basic information about TAMR follows.  Please email
me
> indicating your interest in helping find a cure.  I have additional
> information that I can send you on what you can do to help secure a cure.
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> TAMR's Mission: Texans for Advancement of Medical Research (TAMR) is an
> organization of scientists, physicians, ethicists, leading health groups,
> and individuals who support biomedical research in regenerative medicine
for
> the express purpose of curing diseases and alleviating suffering.
>
> *   TAMR's Objective: To preserve biomedical research in regenerative
> medicine in the State of Texas by:
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> *            Raising public awareness and understanding of biomedical
> research benefits
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> *            Educating elected officials representing the State of Texas
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> *            Advocating on behalf of the collective stakeholders
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> *   TAMR's Stakeholders:
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> *            Hundreds of thousands of Texans suffering from incurable,
> degenerative diseases and conditions, including diabetes (both juvenile,
> type 1, and adult onset, type 2), Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease,
cancer,
> heart disease, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amyotrophic
> lateral sclerosis (ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease), blindness, multiple
> sclerosis, sickle cell anemia, strokes, muscular dystrophies, and others.
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> *            Families that are impacted emotionally, physically, and
> economically by these incurable diseases.
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> *            Biomedical research scientists from university research
centers
> and other research organizations who seek treatments and cures for
> incurable, degenerative diseases and conditions.
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> *            Biotech companies that take basic research from
> bench-to-bedside.
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> *            Physicians and pharmaceutical companies whose goals are to
> provide patients with cutting edge treatments for the best possible
> outcomes.
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> *            Taxpayers in the State of Texas, who bear the economic burden
> of medical costs, lost productivity, and disability support for those who
> are affected and impaired by degenerative incurable diseases and
conditions.
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> *            Health advocacy groups whose volunteers and staff work
> tirelessly with the expectation that research in regenerative medicine
will
> provide cures to end their constituents suffering.
>
> *            Elected officials who are confronted with tough decisions
while
> balancing the health and welfare of Texans against budgetary constraints.
>
> Nina
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> "Circumstances determine our lives, but we shape
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> our lives by what we make of our circumstances."
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>                        Sir John Wheeler Bennett, a British historian
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