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Hello Canadian news-watchers..... questions come to my mind: Have dopaminergic substantia nigra cells been grown from stem cells? How available is human brain tissue anyway? How does one become well-qualified to acquire a bit of someone else's brain? Are there ethical or spiritual questions that have an impact on this? Ivan :-) On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 00:06:56 -0500 janet marie paterson <[log in to unmask]> writes: > At 11:21 PM 2000/02/29 -0500, judith wrote: > > Medical Tribune > > Researchers Grow New Human Brain Cells From Stem Cells > > February 29, 2000 > > > >For the first time, researchers have isolated stem cells from human > >brains and have demonstrated that these cells can develop into new > mature brain cells... > > > holey moley, judith! > and i thought my news article about stem cells and diabetes was > exciting! > wow wow wow! > and in canada too! > > > yours in news addiction > > janet > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0 ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************