Anders Bjorklund, MD interviewed by Thomas B. Freeman, MD. D117.

Dr. Anders Bjorklund reviews briefly the history of fetal tissue transplantation. He describes research in the 1950s on dopamine deficiency and Parkinson's disease and difficulties experienced by researchers when animal models and experiments cannot be translated to humans. He recounts his studies of the hypothalamus; catecholamines and serotonin; the concept of cerebral regeneration and plasticity; and the ethics of fetal transplantation.