Dear List Family... I received the following message along with a request that I post it Soooo please scroll down for further information from Ed Ashley. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To: Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:21 PM Subject: POSSIBLE NEWS OF INTEREST >Barbara; >I am uncertain how to broadcast news which might be of interest to other >readers. If you feel this to be of interest to others I would appreciate your >help. > >My wife Ruth Ashley was a participant in the experimental fetal cell >transplant experimental program occuring several years ago, under the aegis >of Columbia >Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and the University of Denver. She was >the first one to receive the real transplant after having been throug the >sham operation a year or so before. >An article will appear in the USA TODAY newspaper about the middleof next week >concerning her and her experience. This article is in conjunction with the >publishing of the findings of the project which is scheduled to be published >in the JOURNAL OF NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE THIS MONTH. > >eD aSHLEY