Science
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.
…
-
Noosa News18 hours agoHelicopter pilots saving lives, providing food and fodder in flooded outback Queensland
-
Noosa News22 hours ago’Lethal new opioids’ prompt Wide Bay pill testing call
-
General18 hours agoInternal Revenue Service starts cutting 20,000 workers
-
Noosa News17 hours agoMan killed, woman seriously injured in collision in Wongabel, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland