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"Picking Apart Parkinson's" (C&EN, April 10, page 55) was quite comprehensive as far as the developing understanding of the disease and possible pharmaceutical treatments. However, the fact that nearly one-third of the conference attendees were Parkinson's patients and their caregivers was given minimal coverage.
To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a conference focusing on a single disease that drew such a high interest from the patient/caregiver community. As a recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease patient who attended the conference, I found that even the clinical and scientific sessions drew large numbers of nontechnical participants. These were not just observers, but active and well-informed participants in discussions.
The presence of so many who are the consumers of the clinical treatments and procedures developed by the researchers (both clinical and chemical) brought a unique atmosphere to the conference.
Wilson H. DeCamp
Leesburg, Va.
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