Posts Tagged ‘Living Technologies’

Approval given for trial use of pig cells in treating Parkinson’s

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

New Zealand’s Minister of Health has given the go-ahead for Living Cell Technologies Limited to proceed with the first stage of a clinical trial of NTCELL for the treatment of parkinson’s disease The treatment involves transplanting choroid plexus cells from the Auckland Island pig herd into the brain. Choroid plexus cells are naturally occurring “support” Read more