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Human spinal stem cells returns paralyzed rats to normal function

Posted June 01, 2007 4:26 PM

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Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human spinal stem cells (hSSCs), researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine report. The study, led by Martin Marsala, M.D., UC San Diego professor of anesthesiology, is published in the June 29, 2007 issue of the journal Neuroscience, which is now online.

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Re: Human spinal stem cells returns paralyzed rats to normal function

06/08/2007 10:22 PM

Why only the rats?

I have read about a similar treatment to a human patient in Chennai India where in over a period of 6 months he regained use of his lower limbs.
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