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Dick, I am aware of the PET scan machine at North Shore U. Med. Ctr. on Long Island. That is where the patients for the fetal cell implants were screened initially before being flown to Colorado for the implant or placebo surgery and rescanned later. It is much closer to New Jersey, but with the dollar as strong as it is and the differences in method of health care delivery, it's less expensive to fly to & from London for a PET scan. .Will Johnnston A.P.D.A. DelMarVA Chapter Pres. 4049 Oakland School Road Salisbury MD 21804 USA 410-543-0110 ---------- From: Dick Swindler <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: newbies - re-post/PET SCAN Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 12:12 AM Will - You said your neurologist (presumably in NJ) has to send people to London for a PET scan. Does he know there's a PET scan machine at North Shore University Med Center, Long Island, NY? I think Dr. David Eidelberg is still in charge of the that program. Margie Swindler << There are only a few PET scan machines, about 250 in the world the last I heard. They are quite expensive to buy and terribly expensive to operate. The result is very few machines and high cost. The one I was in at Johns Hopkins was out of service for months a while back for repairs / replacement parts from Sweden. There is a second PET scan machine in Maryland at NIH. The neurologist I use in New Jersey [in a med school] has to send people [rarely] to London to get a scan done. T'ain't cheap!! Will Johnnston