Embryo process may aid brain disease sufferers
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08/12/1997
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Financial Times (London)
Brain cells from newly aborted human foetuses may soon become unnecessary in tranplant operations to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's chorea. The British Association meeting being held in Cardiff heard about a new process that allows neural transplant tissue to be grown indefinitely from a single embryo. Dr. John Sinden developed the process at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.