Nina:
Have a speedy recovery and let us how you are doing.
thanks for sharing your statement below. I hope it was alright I
passed your message on in FACEBOOK and included your name as a friend  
Nina.
it is a good idea to remind oneself
that we are in charge of our life and that darn ole Parkinson needs
to take a back seat.
dang... easy for me to say... i am the caregiver, not the patient.

Merry Christmas to all of you Christians out there:>)
Patti

On Dec 14, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Nina P. Brown wrote:

> Thanks...me too.
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> Nina
> "Circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what  
> we make of our circumstances."
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> On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:40 PM, rayilynlee wrote:
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>> Hooray for you, Nina.   I hope  you have an excellent outcome.
>>
>> Ray
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>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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>> From: "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:12 AM
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>> Subject: Re: Potential  of iPS cells for reproductive  purposes  
>> raises ethical questions
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>>> Just can't believe it took then so to figure it out.
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>>> Just had DBS in I MRI in SF with dr Starr.
>>> Still recouperating.
>>> Nina
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>>> On Dec 11, 2009, at 12:41 PM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> I wondered how long it would take before someone figured this  
>>>> out.   Like IVF,  gametes for reproduction OK, but not for  
>>>> cures.  Don't  you just want to give up?
>>>>
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>> Ethical Questions Are Being Raised in Stem Cell Research
>>>> ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) - A groundbreaking discovery two  
>>>> years  ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic  
>>>> or  "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the  
>>>> controversial  ethical question that has plagued stem-cell  
>>>> science for the past  decade.
>>>>
>>>> But is it the solution? Or have iPS cells (induced pluripotent  
>>>> stem cells) simply added a new dimension to the legal, social and  
>>>> ethical debates that are an important and necessary part of stem- 
>>>> cell  advances.
>>>> This was the central question discussed by an international group  
>>>> of leading scientists, bioethicists and legal scholars who  
>>>> attended a workshop organized by the Stem Cell Network this  
>>>> summer in  Barcelona. Outcomes of the workshop will be published  
>>>> Dec. 10 in the  journal Cell. Among the issues summarized in the  
>>>> article are  consent, privacy, clinical translation and  
>>>> intellectual property  rights for iPS cells that are derived for  
>>>> scientific study and/or  clinical therapies.
>>>>
>>>> Timothy Caulfield, research director at the University of  
>>>> Alberta's Health Law Institute and principal investigator at the  
>>>> Stem Cell Network, says that while iPS technology eliminates some  
>>>> of the  ethical issues specific to embryonic stem-cell research  
>>>> it also adds  new challenges.
>>>>
>>>> "From a legal perspective, iPS technology is fascinating and   
>>>> complex. For example, if an iPS cell can be made into a  
>>>> functional  human gamete, the potential exists for reproductive  
>>>> purposes. What  would this mean for donor consent, concerns about  
>>>> cloning and rights  of a potential child to know its parents,"  
>>>> said Caulfield.
>>>>
>>>> "What could this mean to assisted reproduction practices and  
>>>> would- be parents with no other option? If anything, we know  
>>>> considerable  thought and policy development needs to be placed  
>>>> around these and  other issues."
>>>>
>>>> Michael Rudnicki, scientific director of the Stem Cell Network,   
>>>> agrees and says the promise of stem cell advances using iPS cells  
>>>> is staggering. "If iPS cells can be made safe for clinical  
>>>> therapies,  it will ultimately make the delivery faster and more  
>>>> economical. But  as a scientist I am cautious. So much is based  
>>>> on future prospects  and there is much work that needs to be done  
>>>> in the labs before it  becomes a therapeutic reality," says  
>>>> Rudnicki.
>>>>
>>>> Adapted from materials provided by University of Alberta, via  
>>>> EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> University of Alberta (2009, December 11). New ethical questions  
>>>> are being raised in stem cell research. ScienceDaily. Retrieved  
>>>> December  11, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily
>>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>>> Director AZNPF
>>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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