Stem cell research is personal for Aronsohn

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Stem cell research is personal for Aronsohn
Tuesday, August 8, 2006

By JOHN BRAND
Herald Senior Writer

The relationship Paul and Patti Aronsohn shared as children went beyond the bonds of family ties and shared blood.

They were friends.

They were competitors.

They walked the family's dogs together and talked.

Today, Paul Aronsohn is pursuing a Congressional seat in New Jersey's 5th District, and his sister is a quadriplegic, the quiet sufferer of a disease that has robbed her of her independence, but not her spirit.

Although separated by their individual pursuits and by distance, their bond remains strong.

"He still puts a blanket on the floor next to Patti's hospital bed, and that's where he sleeps," says their mother, Margot Aronsohn said during a telephone conversation from her Miami, Fla., home. "He's very devoted to her and very patient with her."

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