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Originally Posted by katex
Presume you heard the discussion on Radio 2. Jeremy Vine today Garinda with Jane Asher (president of the Parkinson's Society) on brain donation ? Have just listened on catch up ... as knew was scheduled.
About brain donation ... only have about 1,000 at the moment. Need these donations to compare people who have suffered with it and those who haven't to discover what happens to the cells. Can speed up a cure tremendously.
'Course one or two members on here need not apply .. grey matter gone already ...   ....
Only joking.
This is the article link the BBC have put up against the programme:-
BBC NEWS | Health | Parkinson's plea for brain donors
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I heard Jane Asher talking about it on the Jeremy Vine show too.
This week is Parkinson's awareness week, and this being the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Parkinson's Disease Society, they are having a real push to see if they can increase the number of donated brains, which will help with research, not only for Parkinson's, but many other neurological diseases as well.
Incidentally, the P.D.S. has raised over £40 million pounds for research since it's founding.
(You can see I've been reading up on all the facts from the media pack the P.D.S. sent me.)
