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http://www.pomeradonews.com/2013/09/...%80%99s-study/


this study has been mentioned before here but i wasn't aware it might start so soon.

Some of the funding for the Parkinson’s study comes from fundraising done by Summit 4 Stem Cell. The organization raises funds by hiking. Two years ago, the group raised funds for the study by hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, and next month, a group of 10 hikers, including Parkinson’s patients, family and friends will leave for an even greater challenge: climbing to Nepal’s south base camp of Mt. Everest, an altitude of 17,598 feet. The trek, led by Sherrie Gould, a nurse practitioner at Scripps Clinic Movement Disorders Center, leaves on Oct. 9 for a three-week climbing adventure. In 2011, Gould and her team of hikers raised $350,000 in donations for the study, and Gould said that Summit 4 Stem Cell has raised a total of $800,000 “solely on grassroots.” Radunsky is on the advisory board of Summit 4 Stem Cell, and while he said he isn’t involved with the hike himself, he has participated in some of the training and organization of the trek.

Donations to help fund the Parkinson’s study at Scripps Clinics can be made at www.summit4stemcell.org