Night of the dead living

National | Fetal-tissue experiment goes horrifically awry; proponents contend failure is an argument for trying again | Chris Stamper

"They chew constantly, their fingers go up and down, their wrists flex and distend. And the patients writhe and twist, jerk their heads, fling their arms about." One patient was in such bad shape, he required tube feeding. Another suffered episodes that left his speech unintelligible.

Script from a horror flick?

No, that's researcher Paul Greene, describing to The New York Times the results of fetal-tissue experiments. Parkinson's patients received the experimental "treatment" that involved doctors extracting brain cells from aborted fetuses, then transplanting them into patients by drilling holes into their skulls. The procedure was part of a study by doctors at Columbia University and the University of Colorado.

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