Fetal Brain Cell Implants Aid Patients.(Brief Article)

USA Today (Magazine) | February 1, 2000 | Copyright

In the first double-blind, placebo-controlled surgical trial testing the safety and effectiveness of fetal dopamine cell implantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, many patients who received the implants showed growth of the new brain cells and improvement in their symptoms. Compared to patients who received the placebo operation, transplanted patients were better able to move and perform other activities before taking their daily medications.

There was a great deal of variability in the transplant outcome, so the benefit for any individual patient was ...

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