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Issue 10: Winter 2008
Web page	PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)	Text-only web page
Which version should I choose?

Welcome to the Brain Bank Bulletin, the Newsletter of the PDS Tissue Bank

The UK PDS Tissue Bank newsletters aim to acquaint you with the work and progress of the Tissue Bank as well as the staff you will come in to contact with. There will also be information on Tissue Bank events such as Open Days and talks planned for local PDS branch meetings etc.

We will run articles on specific needs of the Tissue Bank e.g. the need for healthy volunteers to sign up and how the Tissue Bank can get the most benefit from your tissue donation. There will also be articles dedicated to answering readers' questions on topics ranging from the Tissue Bank and the donation process to how our brain works and how it helps us move!

Additionally, we will keep you informed of our latest research news, e.g. see Issue One (Genetic Research), where Professor Graeber's team here at Imperial College is using donated brain tissue to compare gene expression between the Parkinson's brain and healthy brains.

We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter and find it informative. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the newsletter please do not hesitate to contact us. If your PDS branch would like some newsletters for its meetings do let us know!

Dr David T. Dexter,
Scientific Director

About the Tissue Bank

The PDS Tissue Bank at Imperial aims to help understand what causes Parkinson's and assist in the development of better drug treatments by providing high quality brain tissue to researchers working in the field of Parkinson's and related neurological disorders. The Tissue Bank also aims to enhance the public's awareness of Parkinson's, promote the work of the Tissue Bank and increase the numbers of volunteers who are willing to sign up to the donor scheme. The Tissue Bank also aims to collect the tissue so that it is suitable for all research needs and that it is collected in the most ethical manner.

Which version of the Bulletin should I choose?

The Brain Bank Bulletin is available as a portable document format (PDF) file, a web page with images and a text-only web page. The PDF version is the recommended format. It is an electronic version of the printed page, and will display correctly regardless of your browser settings. However, it requires a piece of software called Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website.

Neither of the web page versions require any additional software. The page with images has the same layout as the printed page (adjusted slightly for the web), but may be slow to load. If the loading time is too great, or if the page does not display correctly in your browser, then the text-only version is recommended.