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A comment on Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010). Parent comment

Re:Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010) by iooi on Monday September 14, 2015 @04:19PM (#10217224)
Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm in a similar situation, did you have kids hoping that there would be a cure by now? Or were you not aware of the 50% chance when you had them?
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Re:Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010) by melling on Monday September 14, 2015 @04:43PM (#10217343)
The average age for Parkinson symptoms is 60 years old. In the year 2070 I would hope we will have an effective treatment.
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Re:Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010) by Laaw on Monday September 14, 2015 @04:50PM (#10217379)
Also, 60 years of life is well worth it.
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Re:Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010) by melling on Monday September 14, 2015 @05:04PM (#10217456)
You can easily live 10 or 20 years after you get it. I think Michael J Fox and Andy Grove have had it for almost 20 years.
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Re:Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure (2010) by 13hours on Monday September 14, 2015 @09:50PM (#10218576)
I didn't know at that stage. I don't know if it would have influenced me to not have children.
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