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Neurology dept. not responding to messages re: MRI results.

Spine Health | Last Active: Oct 16 10:44pm | Replies (15)
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@jenniferhunter there is, in the coming months, going to be the first human spinal cord transplant in Israel. The animal studies were very promising. 54% of mice with total transaction of spinal cord were able to ambulate pot surgery. This new technology probably will only benefit the next generation but I’m so glad the research is being done

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Oct 14 5:43pm

@laura1970 Wow, that is news! I think back to the spinal cord injury to actor Christopher Reeve, and in the years that he lived after the injury, he was able to get off the ventilator for periods of time and walk a little bit in a pool with the water holding him up, so that may represent very slow healing.

Thanks for sharing that news. I found an article that describes creating tissue with stem cells to replace a damaged area of the spinal cord. They will remove the damaged area which has scar tissue in it and put in its place bio-engineered tissue created from the patient. This sounds a lot like the research done at Mayo where Dr. Bydon was able to restore function to a patient with a severe spinal cord injury from surf board accident. Not every patient in the study had a good response, but this one patient did and walked again. Here is the story about Israel. FYI, Dr. Mohamed Bydon is currently working at the University of Chicago.
https://www.aftau.org/news_item/surgeons-to-implant-spinal-cord-bioengineered-at-tau/

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