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thank you, Kathleen!! -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Cochran Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 6:12 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fw: URGENT! Done, Ray. Thanks. Kathleen On 26 May 2011 13:47, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As you know CA is a leader in medical research due to Don Reed. He has > always been there for the Parkinson’s community when we needed him. Can > you help by taking a few minutes and email these people? Or call if you > can still speak. I can only email. Thanks. > > From: Don Reed > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:45 AM > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Subject: URGENT! > > URGENT! > > > AB 190 will be voted on by the California Assembly Appropriations > Committee > on Friday, May 27. > > > > > Felipe Fuentes - Chair Dem-39 (916) 319-2039 > [log in to unmask] > cc: [log in to unmask] > > > Diane L. Harkey - Vice Chair Rep-73 (916) 319-2073 > [log in to unmask] > > Cc: [log in to unmask] > > > > Roman and I will be in Sacramento this morning. Please everybody help us > this last day-- make a call to one or both of the above people. It will > cost > you five minutes, and it could make the difference between the bill being > heard, or not. We believe we have the votes to win, but the chair must be > convinced. If he takes a neutral or positive position, we will probably > win. > But if he opposes... > > > > Below is another article on the subject just published in Huffington Post. > > > > BTW, Roman and I visited Geron yesterday, and saw some of the research in > action which the RR Act began--I wish anyone even considering voting > against > AB 190 could see what we saw, and listen to the scientists as they > struggle > towards cure. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Don > > > > NOT TOO LATE TO FIGHT FOR CURE: Ten Reasons to Support California > Spinal Cord Research > > By Don C. Reed > > This Friday, AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) will be voted on in the > powerful Appropriations Committee. AB 190 would give renewed life to > the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act, one of the most > effective research programs ever done. > > Here are ten reasons to vote yes—plus 47 key groups and supporters— > and the people you can contact right now to make a difference. > > 1. With zero cost to taxpayers, AB 190 will fund California’s highly > successful Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, named > after a paralyzed Californian. > > 2. AB 190 will impose a $3 penalty on all moving traffic violations. > As car crash is a major (46%) cause of spinal cord injury, violators > should help solve the problem they inflict on others. > > 4. Operated by the University of California system, the program > already has its core lab and headquarters set up at the Reeve-Irvine > Research Institute, UC Irvine. > > 5. California will continue to profit financially. A “money > magnet”, the Act attracted $64 million in new revenues from the > National Institutes of Health and other out-of-state sources. > > 6. The biomedical industry, mainstay of the California economy, also > benefits; biomed companies (like California Stem Cells, Inc.) spring > from successful scientists’ advances. > > 7. Although “Roman’s Law” funded the first use of President > Bush’s approved stem cell lines, leading to Geron’s historic human > trials, AB 190 concentrates primarily on the “everything else” that > is needed for cure: including ways to turn on the body’s natural > repair engines, and turn off the “inhibitors” of cure; to ease life- > threatening blood-pressure changes; diminish the “secondary injury” > that often doubles the damage to the spine; build biological > “bridges” for new nerves to grow across; to diminish chronic pain, > restore bowel and bladder control, and much more. > > 8. In 175 peer-reviewed publications, Roman’s law has advanced the > field of neurology, with “carry-over” impact on other conditions, > including ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Spinal Muscular Atrophy, > Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis—indeed, one treatment > developed for Spinal Cord Injury may offer help for Irritable Bowel > Syndrome! > > 9. Practical applications range from small to staggering: a new Petri > dish, (patent pending) which sorts cells by electrical potential; a > helmet-glove device to return the power of grip to frozen fingers; > robotic “boots” to lower rehabilitation costs; a way to harness > brainwaves, so a completely paralyzed person can operate a computer by > thought alone; even a new paralysis “model”, humanely designed so a > monkey would have just one finger paralyzed. > > 10. The problem AB 190 addresses is enormous. An estimated 5.6 > million Americans suffer paralysis today: California has roughly > 650,000 paralyzed individuals. The financial costs are staggering. > New paralysis sufferers face bills averaging $775,000 in the first > year alone, and are an immense and continual drain on Medi-Cal and > Medicare. The agony of individuals and the stress on their families > cannot be calculated. > > For more information, contact: Jeff Barbosa:(916) 319-2020 > [log in to unmask] > > > > Here are the members of the approps list, if you have time. > > > > [log in to unmask] for chair Felipe Fuentes > > [log in to unmask] for vice-chair Diane L. Harkey > > [log in to unmask] for Assembleman Steven Bradford > > [log in to unmask] for Bob Blumenfeld > > [log in to unmask] for Mike Davis > > [log in to unmask] for Mike Gatto > > [log in to unmask] for Nora Campos > > [log in to unmask] for Assembly majority leader Charles Calderon > > [log in to unmask] for Donald P. Wagner > > [log in to unmask] for Isadore Hall > > [log in to unmask] for Ricardo Lara > > [log in to unmask] for Chris Norby > > [log in to unmask] for Jim Nielsen > > [log in to unmask] for Tim Donnely > > [log in to unmask] for Jose Solorio > > [log in to unmask] for Jerry Hill > > [log in to unmask] for Holly Mitchell > > > > > > AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) SUPPORT LIST > > > > From across America, support is strong for AB 190. Distinguished > individuals and organizations include: > > Paul Berg (Nobel Prize winner), Stanford University School of Medicine > > Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of > California, San Francisco > > Rayilyn Brown, Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > Nancy Brackett, University of Miami School of Medicine > > Nina Brown, Founding Boardmember, Lorraine Chammah, President, > Texans for Advancement of Medical Research > > California Healthcare Institute (CHI, representing more than 100 > biomedical > companies). > > Susan Chandler, Treasurer, California Disability Rights Organization > > Stemcyte, President Calvin Cole > > California Chiropractic Association, Kassie Donoghue, DC, Government > Affairs Chair > > W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Miami Project to Cure Paralysis > > John Dutra, (D-Fremont, retired) author, Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury > Research Act of 1999 > > V. Reggie Edgerton, UCLA Professor, Brain Research Institute > > Brooke Ellison,(Christopher Reeve’s last project was directing a movie > about paralyzed Brooke) > > > > Lucy Fisher and Doug Wick, Sony Pictures > > Jeannie Fontana, CEO SALSa, Inc. Solutions for ALS > > Eric Fingerhut, Chancellor, University System of Ohio > > University of California,Karen French, Associate Director, Legislative > Affair > > Leeza Gibbons, Leeza’s Place (Alzheimer’s) > > Lawrence Goldstein, Director, UCSD Stem Cell Program > > Hans Keirstead, (researcher whose Geron work now in world’s first clinical > trials stem cells), UC-Irvine Professor, Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, > California Stem Cell, Inc. > > Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, Director of Rehab Research, Santa Clara > Valley Medical Center > > Suzy Kim, Medical Director, SCI Acute Care, UCI Medical Center > > Bob Klein, Founder,Proposition 71, the Californians for Stem Cell Research > and Cures Initiative > > Dena Ladd, Executive Director, Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures > > Sherry Lansing, Chair, Sherry Lansing Foundation > Academy Award Winner Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award > > Stem Cells Inc., Martin McGlynn, President & CEO > > Karen Miner, Cofounder, Research for Cure > > Ed Monuki, Associate Professor, UC Irvine > > Rania Nasis, General Manager, CA Stem Cell, Inc. > > Richard Patterson, M.D., Santa Clara Valley Medical Center > > Renee A Reijo Pera, Director of Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology > Division, Stanford University > > Dan Perry, President, CEO, Alliance for Aging Research, Washington, DC > > Claire Pomeroy, Chief Executive Officer, UC Davis Health Department > > Brock Reeve, Executive Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, (Christopher > Reeve’s brother) > > Bill Remak, Chairman, California Hepatitis Task Force > > Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT > > Rose Marie Salerno, VA Palo Alto Health Care System > > Lori Sames, Executive Director, Hannah’s Hope Fund > > Bernie Siegel, founder and chair, Stem Cell Action Coalition (70 groups), > and Genetics Policy Institute > > Marilyn Smith, Executive Director, Unite 2 Fight Paralysis > > Michael Sofroniew, M.D., Professor, UCLA > > > > Texans for Stem Cell Research, David L. Bales, Chairman > > Jim Bennett, Spinal Cord Injury Research Foundation, Rutgers University, > New Jersey > > Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Peter T. Wilderotter, President & CEO > > Shinya Yamanaka, Ph.D (inventor of induced Pluripotent Stem cells), > Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Applications, Kyoto University, > Japan > > Fanyi Zheng, Professor and Associate Director, Shanghai Stem Cell > Institute, Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China > > Jerry Zucker (movie director, Ghost, Airplane, Naked Gun), Founding board > member, CURESNOW > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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