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^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 48/12/9.5 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine Land of lighthouses deg. F ******************************************************************** On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:12:59 EST Gerry & Brig Haines <[log in to unmask]> writes: I know it's easy to say that when you are not the one hanging by your thumbs, but you haven't given up yet, so don't start now. We have just begun to fight. ( SNIP ) It's the beginning of a new era. >Love, >Gerry and Brig Hi Gerry and Brig, Your words today are almost like a magic elixir ! You really have caused me to have a complete change of attitude... I am really excited by both the news that Judith Richards posted--that at Harvard University, a genetic mutation has been discovered that causes too much alpha-synuclein to be present--in young onset Parkinson's....which may lead toward explaining what causes Young Onset Parkinson's. As much as a 20-year delay in the appearance of Parkinson's symptoms is envisioned; and now, in this morning's newspaper,( I just read the great news) scientists at Johns Hopkins University report that stem cells can be cultured, and hopefully, transplanted, to "secrete dopamine for the treatment and control of Parkinson's disease." As you said, we are "at the beginning of a new era." With the first year of the Udall Era in place, we are reaching a turning point in our lives. Fund the research......find the cure....the research race has begun ! Ivan