Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 Yesterdays show on Oprah was on " Medical Miracle " . They talked about cloning, pet cloning, cloning of organs. They talked with a man that has an artificial heart run on batteries. Another man had a large portion of his brain sliced open (left side) by an airplane blade...his right side of his brain, the creative side, took over and he became an artist doing bronze statutes... Beautiful work! But the most fascinating story was of a man who had Parkinson Disease... He could no longer walk, was unable to talk and was near death. His doctors tried an experiment of using PIG " cells " (I believe that's what it was called - can't find the article to send you guys just yet but I'm working on it.) These cells were injected directly into his brain. Within a short period of time he started to walk again, his speech came back and he's looking an doing fine. He said he's getting stronger by the day. He still has some tremors but he's able to drive a car and carry on like normal. It was truly amazing. Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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