hi and good morning to judith and all of my cyber-family In a message dated 1998/10/31 01:32:41, judith reported, in part: >...cells grown this way had fixed brain defects in mice. >..."We got this tissue and we've never had to go back to a fetus again" >...It's sort of like re-seeding the lawn. It's using the initial cells > the brain was started with to fill in the gaps.'' all i can say to this is good golly miss molly janet janet paterson - 51 now / 41 dx / 37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]