Embryo Nerve Tissue Used in New Surgery
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
For the first time in the United States, doctors transplanted nerve tissue from a human embryo into a paralyzed man in an attempt to slow the progression of spinal cord damage. The operation was performed at a Gainesville hospital on a 43-year-old Florida man suffering from a degenerative condition called syringomyelia. The disorder is characterized by expansion of a fluid-containing cavity within the damaged spinal cord.
