WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: Academy Award winning actor Ben Affleck (L) sits with Joe Kindregan, who is suffering from the fatal disease ataxia-telangiectasia shortly before testifying on Capitol Hill before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services and Education, 11 July 2001 on human genome research. Affleck urged lawmakers and private citizens in his testimony to support increased funding for National Institute of Health (NIH) research into the fatal disease of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) and other rare diseases. AFP Photo Paul J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
