HI Ray:
How can I get in touch with this gentleman?
Thanks.
Raj
Dr. R. Rajaraman
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From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:07 PM
Subject: Google Founder at risk for PD
> Google co-founder starts personal blogDarren Waters
> 18 Sep 08, 21:45 GMT
>
> Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, has said he will help the fight
> against Parkinson's.
> Writing in a newly-formed personal blog, called Too., he announces that a
> genetic test has shown he has a mutation of gene LRRK2 called G2019S,
> which means he "has a markedly higher chance of developing Parkinson's...
> than the average person".
> Brin's mother has Parkinson's but it is not a hereditary disease.
> The test was carried out by a firm called 23andMe, the co-founder of
> which, Anne Wojcicki, is Brin's wife.
> Google invested in the firm last year.
> As Google executive Bradley Horowitz wrote on Twitter, making this news
> public: "May he beat it!"
> Brin writes: " This leaves me in a rather unique position. I know early in
> my life something I am substantially predisposed to. I now have the
> opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there is evidence
> that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's).
> "I also have the opportunity to perform and support research into this
> disease long before it may affect me. And, regardless of my own health it
> can help my family members as well as others."
> Scientists battling Parkinson's and families whose loved ones have the
> condition will no doubt be glad to hear that one of the world's richest
> and resourceful men has vowed to fight it.
> Brin's public disclosure of his genetic test is also interesting. Brin is
> a very private man but in writing a blog he has exposed his private life
> in a way we have not seen before.
> He describes his blog as "personal". "While Google is a play on googol,
> too is a play on the much smaller number - two. It also means "in
> addition", as this blog reflects my life outside of work."
>
> Source: BBC News
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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