Fwd: First you get PD then HIV.....

[Guest guest]

HEY.....I'M JUST KIDDING ... but I got your attention!

I attended the scientific lectures at the PAN Forum in Washington

DC yesterday and was so impressed with the advances the

Parkinson's Disease Research teams were making. They see the

cure in 5-10 years but closer to 5 years IF THEY can get the research

money they need. Scientists are lined up with promising studies

and waiting in line for money to carry them out.

Boy, wait until you hear about one carrier that the NIH researchers

are going to use to get the repaired gene to the Parkie brain...

Yesterday the leading researchers said that they were using the

" HIV virus delivery system " . They remove the " bad stuff " from the

HIV virus, inject the gene into the virus and then inject that into the

Parkie to deliver the gene therapy ... that will get the dopamine

producing cells that recently shut down to produce the needed

dopamine again. [Here again, research in one disease pays off

with benefits to others diseases].

They said they were going to need us to be the ambassadors to

reassure the Parkie community that this was the very safe part of

the HIV virus and that it could in no way infect them with HIV-AIDS

disease. They may perfect other delivery systems in the future but

they have this one worked out for now.

They have done a clever thing with this gene therapy. They have

included a " off " switch in the gene in case something goes wrong

and they want to turn the gene off. It's a safety measure built into

the therapy. If for any reason they want to turn the repair process

" off " , they just give the patient a dose of tetracycline and it turns

the gene OFF!

There will be human trials of many ideas once they fulfill all the FDA

requirements, get FDA approvals and get the research money to

start the trials.

Many ideas are at varying stages of being refined and worked out.

It's a brilliant and enthusiastic group of research scientists we

have working in Parkinson's disease but the science is moving

waaaaaay ahead of the funding.

They showed us slides of research animals brains before and after

techniques they have developed to replace the dopamine in the brain

and the results were startling! We call could see the dramatic difference.

They really can cure Parkinson's...they are right on the edge...they

need to continue with SCNT research and get those FUNDS to

pick up the pace of research in time for all of us to benefit.

Again, we must call our Senators and House members and tell

them that we want them to see to it that * NIH * FULLY * FUNDS

* PARKINSON *RESEARCH * NOW ! AND to CONTINUE SCNT

RESEARCH

We can't hold back and just expect others do this calling and

emailing. Anyone who is reading this email and has a US zipcode

can do it. Numbers count. Ask if you don't know how to do it , ask

if you don't know what to say but do it. The Senate will be voting

on this bill ... our chance is NOW, don't let it slip away.

Gail Vass