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The surgery that preceded Follensbee's partial recovery -- the transplanting of tissue from one of her adrenal glands to her brain -- may be only a prelude to even more remarkable developments. Several scientists at the Rochester meeting, citing promising research on animals, predicted that human fetal tissue would eventually be...
Parkinson's disease, which causes trembling and muscular rigidity, stems from the still unexplained gradual death of most of the cells in a tiny, darkly pigmented area of the brain called the substantia nigra. The cells produce dopamine, a chemical that helps transmit impulses from the brain through the nervous...
When Mexican doctors announced early this month that they were treating Parkinson's disease by transferring adrenal-gland cells into the brain, a million or so American victims wanted to know one thing: When would the new * technique be available in the U.S.?
Parkinsonism, characterized by tremors, stiffness and a gradual loss of muscle control, is caused by the death of brain cells that produce dopamine, a vital neurotransmitter. If the results of the Mexican doctors are repeated, the transplanted cells taken from Baggett's adrenal gland should produce enough dopamine in her...
The transplant procedure was not without precedent. Beginning five years ago, doctors in Sweden tried similar surgery on four Parkinson's victims. They achieved only slight improvements that soon faded. Madrazo credits his team's success to modifications in surgical technique. The Swedes had transferred the adrenal tissue directly into...