No Barb - it's just a "run of the mill" fetal transplant. I guess labeled controversial to gather more viewers to the news story and because of the fetal tissue. Carole >---------- >Whatcha wanna bet that this "controversial surgery" is a pallidotomy? > >Barb Mallut >"Lil_Honey" on the PD Chat >[log in to unmask] > >---------- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Arthur Hirsch >Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 6:45 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Suzanne > >Just heard a story on the Today Show about a California woman named Suzanne >who had Parkinson's and who a controversial operation - they did not say >what it was or where in California it was done - and went from virtual >immobility to the point where she got a yellow belt in karate. > >Is this something old hat to those of us on the list, or is it something new? > >Art Hirsch >[log in to unmask] >Lewisville, TX >Home of the Fighting Farmers >