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September 7, 2001 $2.2 Million for Parkinson's Research By THE NEW YORK TIMES While scientists await federal financing to study human embryonic stem cells, the Michael J. Fox Foundation is making an unusual offer: $2.2 million in grant money to produce a cell line specifically designed to study and treat Parkinson's disease. The foundation will announce the offer today in an e-mail message to researchers around the world. It is seeking a line, or self- sustaining colony of cells, that would produce dopamine, the brain chemical missing in Parkinson's disease. The line need not come from embryonic stem cells, but they are a likely source. "This is truly a response to a sense of urgency that we feel," said Deborah Brooks, the foundation's executive director. "The science is way ahead of the money." SOURCE: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/national/07FBOX.html * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn