Okay, here it is, the L.A. Times article
 that I promised.  I typed it out in pieces
 for it is a very long article.
 Let me know if you missed any part!
 :)
 
 Heidi Hasemann
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> > FETAL CELL GRAFTS FOR PARKINSON'S
> > WIN CONVERTS
> >
> > L.A. Times Article--January 31, 1994
> >
> > By Thomas H. Maugh II
> >
> > Terrie Wenc jogs five miles every day--not
> > unusual for a 47-year-old woman in trim
> > condition.  But Wenc is not your average jogger.
> > Less than a year ago, she could not even drive,
> > much less jog.  Parkinson's disease had frozen
> > her into immobility for several hours every day.
> > She had to give up the beauty salon she owned,
> > forfeited two houses and a car because of her
> > medical expenses, and faced a future of despair.
> > Then in May, she received a fetal cell graft at
> > Los Angeles' Hospital of the Good Samaritan,
> > one of only four medical centers in the United
> > States that perform the controversial procedure.
> > Today, she is not only jogging and playing
> > racquetball, but she is also studying for a real
> > estate license and planning to write a book about
> > her experiences.
> > Her recovery from Parkinson's doctors say, is a
> > sign of and approaching new era in the treatment
> > of incapacitating disease.  Furthermore, it typifies
> > the growing success of fetal transplants as
> > doctors refine their techniques and learn who are
> > the best transplant candidates.
> > Encouraged by early results,s, combined with
> > the lifting last year of the federal moratorium on
> > fetal cell research, mean "we don't have to hide
> > anymore," Jacques said.
> > Because of the successes by Jacques and
> > others, several more U.S. groups are gearing up
> > to conduct the grafts.  "We're going to see more
> > and more of this because it is so effective,"
> > Jacques said.
> > "Fetal tissue grafting will become the major
> > area of development in neurosurgery," said Dr.
> > Edward Hitchcock of the University of
> > Birmingham in England, who has operated on 48
> > patients.
> >
> >
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> -continued in Part2-
>