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Hello Camilla and Ivan Camilla, you asked if someone with more expertise could take over the project of Ivan on diabetes. This question was answered some time ago by Charles Meyer. I don't have his mail in my archive, but I remember he said about the same thing as I'll say now. When one tells people that one has reason to think PD and diabetes have some common cause (and hence can be expected to be present in the same persons or families) and then asks those people to report whether this is or is not in accordance with their own situation, you can expect relatively more reactions from people who recognise this is the case for them then from others. This makes that the resulting numbers are not a base to draw any conclusion from. And this is just one of the many pitfalls that can only be handled by knowing them and having strategies to avoid them before one starts a survey. I realise this is disappointing. I'm sorry. Greetings, Ida Kamphuis, 53/12+ Ivan plans, according to a phone call from him today to post a summary of > the results of the diabetes/PD link, and will be very interested in feedback > from the list. He wondered if there are persons who are geneticists etc. > or have connections of that nature, who would like to pick up where he leaves > off after putting a LOT of time and energy into it?