ARTICLE: Israeli scientist chosen to to serve on Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Research Foundation

[Murray Charters <mcharters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Israeli scientist chosen to to serve on Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Research 
Foundation

Nov. 03 -  Hollywood actor Michael J. Fox, who was stricken at a young age with 
Parkinson's disease, has chosen an
Israeli neurologist to be part of the $100 million research foundation he has 
established, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Fox chose 10 leading Parkinson's scientists around the world - including Prof. 
Eldad Melamed, chief of neurology at the
Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva - to be members of the 
foundation's advisory board. Melamed, one
of the world's leading researchers in the field, said, "It is a great honor and 
rare opportunity to study the disease
in a comprehensive and in-depth way. There is no doubt that it is one of the 
most important committees on which I have
the privilege to serve." The advisory committee will be occupied mainly in 
deciding on the direction the foundation's
research will take, examine the cause of the disease, and improve the ability 
to diagnose and treat it.

SOURCE: Israel 21C, CA


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