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From a list of Israeli achievements in 2008 courtesy of Dr. Bernie Barber: 3. When Stephen Hawkins visited Israel recently, he shared his wisdom with scientists, students, and even the Prime Minister. But the world ' s most renown victim of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig ' s disease, also learned something, due to the Israeli Association for ALS ' advanced work in both embryonic and adult stem cell research, as well as its proven track record with neurodegenerative diseases. The Israeli research community is well on its way, to finding a treatment for this fatal disease, which affects 30,000 Americans. Rayilyn Brown Director 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