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Dear Greg, Thank you for your response to my post in regard to a national registry. This is an issue that has been on my mind for several years but to which I am only now beginning to do some in-depth investigation. I guess that I'm more than a little surprised about the negativity to a registry because of privacy concerns. Could it be that the majority of the PD community is elderly? I certainly don't wish to appear biased but this may stem from a generational attitude about such things. I would like to touch base with you as I attempt to gather info on the registry that the CDC is in the process of developing known as the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. I admire and applaud your involvment in so many efforts to bring and keep Parkinson's issues in the spotlight of public awareness and to further the cause to find a cure. As for myself, I would love to have the energy to follow through more fully with all of the ideas and ambitions I have bouncing around in my head. My mind is in over-drive while my body is in first gear. But, I have followed and been active in promoting the stem cell issue for years now and feel that I have had a part in moving this science forward. Through petitioning our State and Federal officials regularly (I even called the National Democratic Headquarters at the beginning of the presidential campaign to suggest that they put the spotlight on stem cell research as part of their platform...I was so very pleased when Ron Reagan, Jr. took the platform and announced to the public the importance of stem cell research and funding. Public awareness and education are the keys to moving this science forward and I believe that, as more people become informed, the support for it will keep growing. Hope to chat further on these issues soon. Must focus on the interests of my granddaughter today...school starts this week and there is an ice cream social to attend. Take care, Dee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn