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Hear, hear, Greg, Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Wasson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:27 AM Subject: Re: How do you cope? > Rick, > > Here's how I cope. > > 1 -- By supporting people like Cindy Sheehan and the dozens of other > mothers of dead soldiers who are camped outside the road to President > Bush's Texas White House in Crawford right now, which is apparently making > him so uncomfortable that he commented on it three times yesterday alone. > He will pass by the encampment today on his way to a fundraiser. > > 2 -- By writing and phoning Congress and the President to support HR 810 > on human embryonic stem cell research. If we can turn Frist, we can pass > the bill and force the president to veto it or sign it. Even if he vetoes > it, his party will pay dearly in the midterm elections. > > 3 -- By working in the states to enact legislation such as proposition 71 > in California to do what the NIH should be doing. > > 4 -- By taking heart in the fact that vital research is going on around > the world despite the policies of the current administration in the US. > > 5 -- By remembering that in August 2001 the majority of Americans did not > support stem cell research and that 75% support it today -- that shift is > due to a deliberate and unrelenting campaign to educate the American > public about this research conducted primarily by CAMR, the JDRF, and PAN. > > 6 -- By knowing that the stage three clinical trials report on Spheramine > (retinal epithelial cells) will be out before the end of the year and may > be a giant leap forward in Parkinson's treatments. > > 7 -- By reading the report of the Bristol autopsy in the UK on a clinical > trial participant in a study of GDNF which shows for the first time that > this growth factor actually sprouted new dopamine producing neurons in the > human brain without any apparent side effects or problems, and actually > regressing this man's PD. No other potential treatment has been proven to > regress the actual disease instead of just masking its symptoms for a few > hours. > > 8 -- By taking heart in the fact that when any politician discusses curing > diseases now, Parkinson's is almost always mentioned at or near the top of > the list. > > 9 -- By remembering that funding for Parkinson's research has increased > tenfold in less than 10 years. > > 10 -- By not giving up. > > It's a long road that has no turning. > > Good luck, > > Greg Wasson > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn