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...cell transplants to rid rats of Parkinson's disease, a progressive and hitherto incurable neural disorder. In the U.S. and elsewhere, fetal-cell experiments with animals have shown promise of treatments for a host of other human disorders, ranging from blood diseases like thalassemia to paralysis caused by spinal-cord damage. Says Neurosurgeon Barth Green of the University of Miami: "This field isn't growing, it's exploding...
...they are generally not mature enough to cause graft-vs.-host disease, which can occur when the tissues of a transplant recipient are attacked by implanted adult cells. Also, fetal nerve cells, unlike adult cells, can regenerate and thus have the potential to repair a damaged brain or spinal cord. "These properties," says Green, "make fetal cells a very exciting glue to tie together injured or diseased areas of the body...
...charge last week. Rasheed is the Miami shopkeeper who became the focus of nationwide publicity last month after a booby trap in his store killed a would-be robber. He claimed that he thought his trap -- a pair of metal grates attached to an outlet by an extension cord -- would merely jolt intruders, not execute them. "I don't know the first thing about electrical wiring," Rasheed insists...
...dialysis and coronary-bypass surgery combined." Many younger people are victims, including children with persistent bed-wetting trouble. Incontinence, which can range from slight leakage to total absence of control, can be caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis and cancer, as well as by damage to the spinal cord, congenital defects, an enlarged prostate or a weakened sphincter muscle around the opening of the bladder. In the last case, any sort of physical stress -- jogging, jumping, even sneezing or laughing -- can trigger an accident...
Meanwhile, French police announced they discovered a cache of more than 88 pounds of explosives, 10 grenades, more than 80 detonators and a roll of detonation cord. The Interior Ministry said the discovery came as a result of public appeals for vigilance against terrorism, but it provided no other details...