I saw that as well and it is interesting. The devil is in the
details of course. I'd be interested to know if these dogs had
transecting lesions of the spinal cord or a simple bruise of the cord.
I have seen a number of dogs (mostly Dachshunds) who suffered
non-transecting cord injuries (usually from herniated disks) who had
lower extremity paralysis for months/years and spontaneously regain
function with no treatment. Perhaps the stem cell treatment augments
the natural recovery process. Hope it works out because there is a
long line of need.
Charlie
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Just read this, which has enormous implications:
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20365355
>>>
>>
>>You're right. Thanks for the link. I did go search
>>http://brain.oxfordjournals.org for the paper but couldn't find it.
>>
>
> It made the ABC evening news yesterday. They had video clips of the one
> dog as it had progressed through the treatment, from being disabled in the
> hind legs through walking unasisted. There must be hundreds of people lined
> up for a human test programme.
>
> Chris
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