This is re the neural transplantation vs. fetal transplantation issue.
Here at the Parkinson's Institute, we also refer to the process as neural
transplantation NOT to be 'devious' or politically correct, but because as
Robin stated, there are other forms of transplantation than that using
human neural cells. Neural transplantation is the correct scientific term
regardless of one's personal stance on abortion.
Further, there has never been and, according to recent proposed statements
of ethics for transplantation, never will be any move to deliberately abort
a human fetus for the purpose of transplantation.
Finally, while the process of human neural cell transplantation is indeed
promising, the problems of both supply on the one hand and ethics on the
other hand are very substantial--that's why, in my mind, porcine cell
transplantation and other processes that may be only a gleam in some
graduate student's mind today may well bear the most hope for tomorrow.
Carole Cassidy
At 12:10 PM 6/27/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Man, I sure didn't expect that kind of a reaction - from you and a similar
>one from Robin Elliot of PAN!
>I will certainly respect your judgement as to waking this sleeping dog.
>Also, just read the one from Bob Fink. There is no point in my causing
>trouble to now positive end. It's just that the article, from a definitely
>left-leaning paper, was SO positive about the guy that you wanted to like
>him.
>
>A point of clarification, do you mean all I have to do is sell my house, or
>cash
>in IRAs that at the rate I'm going I won't have any use for anyway, take
>$50,000 to CA and I will be relieved of this quickly encroaching hell? It
>WORKS you say? HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE - BECAUSE I AM GOING TO DO IT IF
>IT'S AS YOU SAY! Has anyone else on the list had it done - I'd sure like to
>hear from you if you have!!
>
>As to Bob's comment, does anyone know if is he correct in his assertion
>about harvesting
>fetus's*. I thought we had asserted to Congress that the ones used were
>fetus's that would
>have been aborted anyway. Not so?
>
>*Robin, unless you don't mind getting people upset, I would like to make the
>respectful suggestion that you don't try changing the name to neural
>whatevers. Comes across as devious.
>
>
