Our thanks to [log in to unmask] for posting the complete text of the November 14th NIH Announcement about the discovery of a possible link between PD and a defective gene. In the Washington, DC area we had an item on the 6 p.m. TV Channel 9 News about followed up by a two-column article about it on page tw of the Washington Post. The post article invited Internet subscribers to go to http://www.washingtonpost.com and click on an icon which resembles a computer monitor for additional background and photographs. John Wiegard Alexandria, VA