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Ignacio Madrazo, MD, DSc; Rebecca Franco-Bourland, PhD
Department of Experimental Neurology and Neurosurgery, IMSS Clazada de Tlalpan 4430 14300 Mexico City, Mexico

Arch Neurol. 1991;48(9):901-902.

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—We appreciate Freeman and Olanow's comments to our recent article on fetal brain homotransplantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD).¹ In relation to their concern for our use of fetal tissue obtained from spontaneous abortions for neural grafting, as opposed to elective abortions, we are in complete agreement with their arguments favoring elective abortions as a source of fetal tissue. In Mexico, however, we are limited to the use of fetuses only from spontaneous abortions, because elective abortions are illegal. We realize the complexity and multiple drawbacks involved, but have found this to be our only alternative for obtaining human fetal tissue in order to start the development of human fetal-human brain transplantations. We encourage those neural transplantation groups in countries where elective abortions are legal, to take advantage of their social circumstance, and thereby avoid the biological shortcomings that Freeman and Olanow enlisted in their . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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