X-Message-Number: 11274
Date: Tue Feb 16 07:43:26 1999  PST
Subject: Fwd: Sprouting "smart" brain tissue
From: Edgar W Swank <>

On the Cutting Edge:
A peek at the medical
breakthroughs of tomorrow


Sprouting `smart' brain tissue

By Charlene Laino


Feb.  15 _ Within two years, Boston researchers plan to embark on
a novel experiment in which they will "re-seed" the damaged
brains of patients suffering from any of a variety of
neurological diseases.  The seeds:  neural stem cells _ the
building blocks for all our brain and nervous system cells.  The
goal:  to sprout healthy brain cells to replace faulty ones,
while coaxing surrounding tissue back to life.

Rest of article at
http://www.msnbc.com/news/240905.asp

Posted by

Edgar W. Swank   <>
President - American Cryonics Society
http://www.jps.net/cryonics/

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