Michael J. Fox To Be A Doctor

Saturday, March 06, 2010

This time, Michael won't need a time machine to change the future

Every bit of effort you put in will eventually yield result. And Michael J. Fox is living proof of that!

Michael, who is famously known for his character Marty McFly in the Back To The Future series, is set to be given an honorary doctorate from Sweden's Karolinska Institute, the same institution which hands out the annual Nobel Prize in medicine, for his work in advocating a cure for Parkinson's disease. The ceremony is to be held in New York.

In 1991, Michael was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, which brought his promising career as an actor to a screeching halt. Bent on helping others with the same misfortune, he launched the Michael J. Fox Foundation to raise funds and direct research on the disease. Although no cure has been found yet, Michael’s part in the research process is sure to stem results in the near future, and this fact is not missed by the institution.

“I’m grateful to the Board of Research and to the Karolinska Institute for this tremendous honour," the actor said. "It is especially meaningful because our Foundation and the Karolinska Institute share a belief in the power of scientific endeavor to create a future that is better for everyone, and a commitment to act strategically—even unconventionally—to help bring that future closer.”

JC Lam blogged at 1:52:35 PM

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