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Ray: I was not able to get into that site. Raj *********************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:21 AM Subject: Re: Google Founder at risk for PD > Raj, didn't you get the site I sent you with instructions to click on > "contact"? > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr. R. Rsjaraman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: Google Founder at risk for PD > > >> HI Ray: >> How can I get in touch with this gentleman? >> Thanks. >> Raj >> Dr. R. Rajaraman >> ************************* >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> 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 >>> [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 >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn