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With her permission, I'm forwarding this email from Helen Matthews of the Cure Parkinson's Trust thanking me for my contribution in support of the GDNF trial in Bristol, UK, which is under the direction of Dr. Steven Gill. (For more info on this trial, go to www.cureparkinsons.org.uk.) It's great that GDNF is back in play and that both the treatment and Dr. Gill's delivery system are being evaluated. CPT seems like a fantastic organization that truly empowers patients. I urge everyone to contribute and to sound the call. BTW, you will need a currency converter <http://www.xe.com/ucc/>. Onward and upward! Kathleen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Helen Matthews <[log in to unmask]> Date: 6 May 2011 09:56 Subject: Thank you so much Dear Kathleen Very many thanks indeed for the generous donation you so kindly made online via Justgiving.com in support of the GDNF trial in Bristol. It is a project we care passionately about, and we are determined to do all we can to support its development. The Cure Parkinson’s Trust has now been in existence for five years, during which time we have directed more £2.5 million into research projects worldwide. Excitingly we have started to see some promising results from our funding so far. We recently designed and funded a pilot study which started in 2010 into the use of an existing Diabetes treatment as a potential new therapy for Parkinson’s; Cogane, another potential new treatment that we have been championing is also going into phase II trial this year, and of course, GDNF too. We remain very enthusiastic about these and a number of other potential therapies that we are supporting and contrary to popular belief, feel confident that these can be developed into tangible treatments for people with Parkinson’s n the very near future. We consider it our job to make the phrase “near future” as short a time as possible! With best wishes and again very many thanks. Helen Matthews Coordinator, The Cure Parkinson's Trust 1 St Clement's Court London EC4N 7HB 0207 929 7656 0778 9842372 www.cureparkinsons.org.uk Registered charity number 1111816 [image: Description: CAF Donate button]<http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/document_1.aspx?id=0:37168&id=0:36727> Make www.everyclick.com your home page and raise funds for The Cure Parkinson's Trust. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn