I'll vote for #2. It would have marked effect on more people and let us have a more independent life. Bill Lawless -------------- Original message -------------- > hi all, > > i am curious about something. let's say you had $10m > (number chosen at random) to donate to PD research, > and just for this little inquiry, let's say there are > only two areas of research that you can fund. those > areas are: > > 1) research into alleviating some of the non-motor > problems of PD - for example, sleep disorders, > depression, fatigue, pain, and i am sure there are > more > > or > > 2) research into finding treatments that achieve > something close (though not necessarily 100%) to the > degree of symptom relief that l-dopa provides but will > never cause dyskinesias (or any comparably disabling > side effect) > > you can allocate your $10m any way you want - all in > #1, all in #2, or divided between them in any ratio > you like. > > how would you allocate your $10M? > > thanks for playing, > mackenzie > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn