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"Hope" is based on Dr. Shelley Chawla's novel. Email Picture A Kansas physician becomes a filmmaker to make a case for stem cell research. By John Horn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 20, 2008 CANNES, France -- The entertainment industry attracts all sorts of unusual investors, but the people behind a new movie premiering at the Cannes Film Festival couldn't be further removed from the Hollywood scene: They are Kansas doctors eager to tell a story about stem cell research. Their fictional film, "Hope," is making its world premiere in the sales market in Cannes (meaning it is not showing in public and press screenings), and when the lead physician behind the film says that lives are at stake, it's not typical show business melodrama. "America and the world have lost eight years of important research," says Dr. Shelley Chawla, a Topeka neurologist who was partly motivated to make the film after watching his Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients suffer from the devastating diseases. "I want to help my patients," the doctor says. Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [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