Paralyzed Man Regains Use Of Arms And Hands After Experimental Stem Cell Therapy

[Fweethawt]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907082248.htm

 

 

On March 6, just shy of his 21st birthday, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen of Bakersfield suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on a wet road, hit a tree and slammed into a telephone pole.

 

Parents Rodney and Annette Boesen were warned there was a good chance their son would be permanently paralyzed from the neck down. However, they also learned that Kris could possibly qualify for a clinical study that might help.

 

Leading the surgical team and working in collaboration with Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and Keck Medicine of USC, Charles Liu, MD, PhD, director of the USC Neurorestoration Center, injected an experimental dose of 10 million AST-OPC1 cells directly into Kris' cervical spinal cord in early April.

[Geezer]

Yeah! That is great news. I hope this treatment can help others in similar circumstances.