Recently I wrote to Sen. De Wine (Ohio) re: the need to get full funding for the Udall-specified PD research. I quote from a reply received from him today : ....."In order to make sure the NIH has more assistance in their efforts toward fighting Parkinson's and other diseases, I support a doubling of funding to NIH over the next 5 years......I will continue to work in the Senate ....to achieve this goal." I hope this is good news--DeWine was very late in signing on as a co-sponsor of Udall, but seems plugged in now. Camilla Flintermann, <[log in to unmask]> http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm My Home Page " Knowing when to insist, and when to let be, is,perhaps, a lifetime learning experience ." --Mary McCurry