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Hello, Reported in the Feb 1 L.A. Times: "..the results from the first federally funded study of fetal tissue implanted in humans--performed in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease--show that many recipients have regained lost mobility and reduced or even stopped their medications, according to researchers. "More important, the findings demonstrate that the transplanted fetal dopamine-producing cells are still working three years after being implanted in the brain--a sign that the improvements may be long-lasting. "The results, which were presented at recent scientific meetings, are scheduled to be published in the next few months in the New England Journal of Medicine. "The study was performed by a team headed by Dr. Curt Freed of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and was the first to use a control group for comparison purposes--patients who actually underwent "sham" surgery..." See the complete article at http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010201/t000009557.html Phil Tompkins