SPINAL INJURIES and stem cell therapy
There is exciting work being done in India with the paralysed - and none of it using embryonic stem cells.
One patient spent the last year bedridden and now walks with crutches. She is looking forward to further improvement from a top-up dose of adult stem cells. It would appear that stem cells injected into the spinal cord attach themselves to damaged nerves and grow into new nerves.
The institute has now treated over 100 patients using cells derived from body fat and the results give new hope to paraplegics.
There is exciting work being done in India with the paralysed - and none of it using embryonic stem cells.
One patient spent the last year bedridden and now walks with crutches. She is looking forward to further improvement from a top-up dose of adult stem cells. It would appear that stem cells injected into the spinal cord attach themselves to damaged nerves and grow into new nerves.
The institute has now treated over 100 patients using cells derived from body fat and the results give new hope to paraplegics.
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