Tissue transplants - page 560

There is a hospital in Halifax that is transplanting brain tissue from aborted fetuses into Parkinson's patients, it is believed that transplants from healthy insulin producing cells cultured in the lab may hold the key to curing diabetes, Scientists are fusing healthy white blood cells with cancerous cells to produce mass quantities of antibodies. These are just few examples of where Cell research is moving into an area where long range consequences have not been considered. It stands then, that a private body, representing community values, should be established to oversee the technological applications of cell biology..