From: GBurch1@aol.com <GBurch1@aol.com>
>To date, nerve regeneration has only been conducted on laboratory animals.
>But Proneuron expects to begin phase one clinical trials on humans before
>the end of the year, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives the
>go-ahead.
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990912/sc/health_israel_2.html
This looks to me like an under-reported story.
With nerve regeneration of the human spinal cord, full body transplants
become possible
(and Chris Reeves can play Superman again, and again, and again).
Too bad the FDA will probably ditch the project in the US.