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Bergman said that the results of their research so far may have several therapeutic uses, for cocaine addicts as well as victims of Parkinson's disease...
...Friedmann, a molecular geneticist at the University of California, San Diego. "Now it's taken for granted that it's coming." He sees the day when doctors will be able to treat not only the thousands of diseases caused by a single faulty gene but even complex disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, which are probably caused by a multitude of genes. Hyperbole? Not at all, says Friedmann. "When it comes to genetics, it's dangerous to be conservative...
...cultured cells and then use those cells as a replacement for brain tissue lost because of illness or injury. Already researchers are exploring the idea of inserting a gene to stimulate the production of dopamine, a chemical that is in short supply in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease...
...treating offspring as objects. What if tests show that a baby conceived to be a donor is not medically useful? Parents might be tempted to have an abortion and try again. Babies might be used before birth. For example, transplants of fetal tissue may one day help victims of Parkinson's disease or juvenile diabetes. Will babies be conceived, then aborted to provide fetal tissue? "Children aren't medicine for other people," declares George Annas, a professor at Boston University's medical school. "Children are themselves...
Baker is survived by his wife Barbara and three children. The family asks that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to the Parkinson Foundation or to the Harvard College Library...