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- Stem cell injections into injured spinal cord sections are showing promise for improved motor/sensory function after injury
This is a wonderful area of active research. Early in my EE career, I was interested in trying to use IC-scale nerve interfaces to bypass spinal cord injuries, but the science of interfacing electronics to nerve cells for long-term use was not developed enough. Even today, it is a problematic approach to trying to repair spinal cord injuries.
But this different approach of using stem cells from the patient (Pt) as part of therapeutic injections into the injured spinal cord sections seems to be very promising. Certainly this particular "Patient #1" has had a remarkable recovery. Here's hoping that these trials keep providing good information on how to improve the treatments, and that this becomes a mainstream treatment for restoring function to those who experience spinal cord injury.
This is the best thing I've read all week (and the Pt is even a local surfer!).![Smile :smile: :smile:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/...or-sensory-function-after-spinal-cord-injury/
But this different approach of using stem cells from the patient (Pt) as part of therapeutic injections into the injured spinal cord sections seems to be very promising. Certainly this particular "Patient #1" has had a remarkable recovery. Here's hoping that these trials keep providing good information on how to improve the treatments, and that this becomes a mainstream treatment for restoring function to those who experience spinal cord injury.
This is the best thing I've read all week (and the Pt is even a local surfer!).
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/...or-sensory-function-after-spinal-cord-injury/
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