At 02:30 AM 5/4/96 -0400, you wrote:
>A recent showing of this programme indicated that researchers (I thought at
>Harvard and Melbourne [Victoria, Australia])had found a way of growing new
>brain cells outside the body, injecting them into a "damaged" brain where
>they replaced dead/damaged cells. So far, the experiments have been done on
>mice. I have looked at www pages on Harvard Uni Research, but couldn't find
>anything. I will enquire at the ABCTV on Monday. Does anyone know anything
>about this research?
>Philip Dunn
>
I was surfing the net looking for information on venture capital (for a new
business of my own) and came across the following site for CytoTherapeutics,
Inc. at http://www.cyto.com/
the bibliography may contain some useful papers. The venture capital site
for the company is located at http://www.researchmag.com/company/fs/fsctii.htm
It caught my interest due to the different approach to the problem of drug
delivery to the brain. I would still rather see more emphasis on
non-invasive solutions e.g. using drugs that pass the blood-brain barrier by
being piggybacked on harmless viruses.
Stephen Duff
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