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Researchers tapping spinal fluid are discovering predictors of neurological disorders. This is the article in the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com//health/la-he-in-the-works-spinal-taps-20100830,0,7197488.story The success of ADNI inspired the Michael J. Fox Foundation to launch a similar study, the $40-million Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, this year. Over its five-year course, doctors in the U.S. and Europe intend to examine CSF chemicals, among other samples, from 400 people with Parkinson's disease. John Cottingham ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn