DEAR LIST:
The following is the excerpt from President Clinton's State of the Union
speech. I think the simple replacement of one word would clear up the
misnomer. An "a" before the word gene to replace "the" would make more
sense. One word out of 7500 words isn't too bad,
Greg Leeman 37/6
.And while we honor the past, let us imagine the future.
Think about this -- the entire store of human knowledge now doubles
every five years. In the 1980s, scientists identified the gene
causing cystic fibrosis -- it took nine years. Last year, scientists
located the gene that causes Parkinson's Disease -- in only nine
days. Within a decade, "gene chips" will offer a road map for
prevention of illnesses throughout a lifetime. Soon we'll be able to
carry all the phone calls on Mother's Day on a single strand of fiber
the width of a human hair. A child born in 1998 may well live to
see the 22nd century.
Tonight, as part of our gift to the millennium, I
propose a 21st Century Research Fund for path-breaking scientific
inquiry -- the largest funding increase in history for the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National
Cancer Institute. (Applause.)
We have already discovered genes for breast cancer and
diabetes. I ask you to support this initiative so ours will be the
generation that finally wins the war against cancer, and begins a
revolution in our fight against all deadly diseases. (Applause.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Southwood <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 7:16 PM
Subject: The Parkinson's Gene
>http://www.mindspring.com/~eldrcare/headline.htm.
>
>This web site has an article about the gene. Liz S/
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