Adult Stem Cell Hope for Spinal Injury Patients
When you “do” science in ways that do not offend God, He will bless your efforts abundantly. It’s just that simple.
Here’s is the latest outcome of adult stem cell grafts in spinal cord injuries and it led to increased mobility and quality of life for patients.
Patients with severe chronic spinal cord injuries received a treatment combination of partial scar removal, transplantation of nasal tissue containing stem cells to the site of the spinal cord injury and rehabilitation. All of the patients had total paralysis below the level of their spinal cord injury before the treatment and after the treatment reported considerable functional improvement in some patients with a combination treatment.
The injuries in the patients were 18 months to 15 years old. The patients, ages 19 to 37, had no use of their legs before the treatment. One paraplegic treated almost three years after the injury now ambulates with two crutches and knee braces. Ten other patients ambulate with physical assistance and walkers (with and without braces). One 31-year-old male tetriplegic patient uses a walker without the help of knee braces or physical assistance. When the stem cell transplant and scar removal process was combined with an advanced form of rehabilitative training that employs brain-initiated weight-bearing movement, 13 patients improved in the standard measures used to assess functional independence and walking capabilities…
The partial scar removal and tissue transplantation of nasal tissue containing stem cells to the site of the spinal cord injury and rehabilitation proved to be blessing for patients.
Details on spinal cord injury: http://www.stemcellgf.org/Spinal_Cord_Injury.aspx
Details on other diseases – Please visit http://stemcellgf.org/Diseases.aspx
Interested in cord blood banking – Please visit http://stemcellgf.org/provider-cord-blood-banking.aspx
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