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:
* Raising public awareness and understanding of biomedical
research benefits
* Educating elected officials representing the State of Texas
* Advocating on behalf of the collective stakeholders
* TAMR's Stakeholders:
* 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.
* Families that are impacted emotionally, physically, and
economically by these incurable diseases.
* Biomedical research scientists from university research centers
and other research organizations who seek treatments and cures for
incurable, degenerative diseases and conditions.
* Biotech companies that take basic research from
bench-to-bedside.
* Physicians and pharmaceutical companies whose goals are to
provide patients with cutting edge treatments for the best possible
outcomes.
* 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.
* 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
"Circumstances determine our lives, but we shape
our lives by what we make of our circumstances."
Sir John Wheeler Bennett, a British historian
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