Source: The Oregonian
Posted: June 09, 2009, 8:18 PM
Summary;
The Oregonian reports doctors at Oregon Health & Science University found that patieints treated with adult stem cells in a clinical trial to treat Batten Disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, have not had any negative side effects from the treatment:
"Starting in 2006, doctors at Oregon Health & Science University opened the brains of six severely ill children and injected special stem cells derived from human fetuses, the first such surgery known. Now, the company behind that experiment has unveiled its take on the results: Five of the six patients are still alive, and none suffered serious problems "considered related to" the stem cells."
