parkinson s disease, a story frontline correspondent dave iverson and his family know firsthand. i hadn t thought that it would happen, but it has happened. narrator: parkinson s affects a million americans. i have a mindset that i am going to not let this blanking parkinson s get me down. narrator: and it s been front and center in the debate over embryonic stem cell science. this bill would support the taking of innocent human life, so i vetoed it. you know, when you re talking about the potential to heal and cure and it not going forward, it pissed me off, and i wanted to do something. narrator: now the politics have changed, but the quest for a cure continues. how close are we? we re a lot closer than we were ten years ago, a lot closer. narrator: tonight on frontline, correspondent dave iverson tracks the pursuit of parkinson s, and his own family journey. narrator: it isn t dramatic. it s a disease of inches: a hand starts to shake; a step becomes a
parkinson s disease, a story frontline correspondent dave iverson and his family know firsthand. i hadn t thought that it would happen, but it has happened. narrator: parkinson s affects a million americans. i have a mindset that i am going to not let this blanking parkinson s get me down. narrator: and it s been front and center in the debate over embryonic stem cell science. this bill would support the taking of innocent human life, so i vetoed it. you know, when you re talking about the potential to heal and cure and it not going forward, it pissed me off, and i wanted to do something. narrator: now the politics have changed, but the quest for a cure continues. how close are we? we re a lot closer than we were ten years ago, a lot closer. narrator: tonight on frontline, correspondent dave iverson tracks the pursuit of parkinson s, and his own family journey. narrator: it isn t dramatic. it s a disease of inches: a hand starts to shake; a step becomes a
verdant and peaceful world. with additional support for this program from the corporation for public broadcasting. reach all the way down to the floor without moving your feet. narrator: living with parkinson s disease, a story frontline correspondent dave iverson and his family know firsthand. i hadn t thought that it would happen, but it has happened. narrator: parkinson s affects a million americans. i have a mindset that i am going to not let this blanking parkinson s get me down. narrator: and it s been front and center in the debate over embryonic stem cell science. this bill would support the taking of innocent human life, so i vetoed it. you know, when you re talking about the potential to heal and cure so many and it not going forward, it pissed me off, and i wanted to do something. narrator: now the politics have changed, but the quest for a cure continues. how close are we? we re a lot closer than we were ten years ago, a lot closer. narrator: