This is another great human being... imo !
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.co...article/976705
Nobel institute honours Michael J. Fox
Published Monday March 8th, 2010 Sweden's Karolinska institute has awarded an honorary degree of medicine to Canadian actor Michael J. Fox for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
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Michael J. Fox
The institute, which awards the annual Nobel Prize in medicine, says the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has since 2000 given more than $175 million to research aimed at developing drugs against the disease.
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. The disease is a progressive neurological condition that impairs the motor skills.
Fox received the doctorate in a ceremony in New York on Friday.
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