Lead author and doctoral student Jason Sharp, Keirstead and colleagues discovered that the stem cells not only rebuilt myelin but prevented tissue death and triggered nerve fiber regrowth. They also suppressed the immune response, causing an increase in anti-inflammatory molecules.
This new method was tested on rats and the results were successful and the rats gained all their moving abilities after one week of the transplantation of stem cells back. After this breakthrough its now ready to be tested on human beings and it just needs the yes of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. It would be able that people, who lost their ability to walk, could get their feelings in their legs back.
In my opinion its the time to use that to help people and with more scince and research it could help them to improve their standart of living
I think that would be great if it is also successful with humans. But im wondering if it would do more than just give those who don't have feeling in their legs. But i do hope it works and i hope it helps many people.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Daniel. Spinal cord research definitely seems to be one of the more promising areas of embryonic stem cell research.
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