Stem Cell Work Shows Promise and Risks

Nerve cells grown from human embryonic stem cells and injected into the brains of rats with a syndrome mimicking Parkinson's disease significantly reduced the animals' symptoms, but the treatment also caused tumors in the rodents' brains, scientists reported yesterday.
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Rick Weiss

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Steven Goldman

Geron Corporation

Ole Isacson

California

Nature Publishing Group

Thomas Okarma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

University Of Rochester Medical Center

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Harvard Medical School

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