Source: The Associated Press
Updated: 8:56 p.m. ET March 9, 2006
Summary:
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon researchers are set to begin the first clinical trial in the nation using fetal stem cells to treat infants and children suffering from a rare and fatal brain disease. The stem cells will be injected into the brain in an effort to halt the progress of the genetic disorder called Batten disease that leaves its victims blind, speechless and paralyzed before they die. Researchers note the cells are taken from fetal tissue -- not from developing embryos.
