Fighting to find a Parkinson's disease cure in Pittsburgh

Sean Logan spent decades serving the public as a state senator, mayor of Monroeville and head of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.At age 47, his new mission in life is to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease after being diagnosed."Once you find the diagnosis, you can dwell on it and it's not going to change," Logan said. "Myself and my family, we made a decision that we would do something."Logan has been working with doctors and researchers at the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Oakland, where high-impact research is conducted on diseases like Parkinson's, ALS and Alzheimer's."I know the cure is going to come out of Pittsburgh. It's going to come out of PIND," Logan said. "Maybe getting this at 47 gives me five or 10 or 20 years to help find a cure."More than $100,000 was raised through sponsors and community members at the PIND 5K in Boyce Park last year. He hopes to raise more at this year’s event on Labor Day.Click for more information about the PIND 5K.Click for more information on the PIND Lab.