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Stem Cells Restore Feeling to Paralysis Sufferers
libfemme ( 11/21/2003, 17:45:35 )People paralyzed for two years or more have regained some feeling following an injection of stem cells harvested from their own body. The early-stage study, led by Tarciscio Barros from the University of San Paulo in Brazil, represents the first time that stem cell therapy has been used to treat spinal cord injury in humans. "Two to six months after treatment, we found that some patients were showing signs of responding to somatosensory evoked potential tests," says Barros.Human embryonic stem cells have already restored movement in paralyzed mice, but the use of human embryonic stem cells for human therapy remains controversial. Instead, Barros and colleagues harvested stem cells from the blood of 30 patients with spinal cord injuries.They then injected the stem cells into an artery that supplied the damaged area.
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