Transplanting embryonic nerve cells in stroke patients' brains safe, study finds.

Transplant News | February 29, 2000 | Copyright

Transplanting embryonic nerve cells into the brains of stroke patients is safe and warrants further study, according to a report presented recently at the 25Th International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association.

Dr. D. Kondziolka and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, Penn. Presented the results of a study of neurotransplantation in 9 men and 3 women who had suffered strokes about 2 years earlier. The average age of the group was 61 years, and in all cases, their strokes were confined to the basal ganglia. All were neurologically stable at ...

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