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Yale scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients’ own stem cells – Yale News
Intravenous injection of bone marrow derived stem cells in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions.
Intravenous injection of bone marrow derived stem cells (MSCs) in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions, researchers from Yale University and Japan report Feb. 18 in the Journal of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.
For more than half of the patients, substantial improvements in key functions such as ability to walk, or to use their hands were observed within weeks of stem cell injection, the researchers report. No substantial side effects were reported.
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