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Physician-scientist probed Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years. Now, he has it.

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fascinating article covering the scientist’s career, his work in finding a cure, and his own DX (including his thoughts on his reasons for getting it).

“Still, he remains optimistic, as he was when his patient Hannan asked whether a better therapy was finally coming into sight. “I think we’re getting to the heart of it. But it’s not ready for prime time,” Greenamyre said. “Things are just beyond the horizon.”“

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I suspect it’ll always be just over the horizon! 🤔🙄

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ZebraDoodle in reply to jeeves19

’In about five years…’ 😊

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jeeves19 in reply to ZebraDoodle

wanna bet?

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fnedorez70

Interesting article:

helsinki.fi/en/news/brain/r...

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Zardoz

Go to the 57:30 mark of this video...

youtube.com/watch?v=OzGBceu...

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ZebraDoodle in reply to Zardoz

LOL - he says this and somehow I respect him even more for it!

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