Comments on: Neural stem cells regenerate axons in severe spinal cord injury

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:40:20 +0000

Actually the cells were used at an acute stage of injury, no a chronic rat. There’s a huge difference between the injuries. The walking score of 7 is only the wiggle of a toe or slight movement in a joint. Good walking would need to be much higher on the 21 point BBB scale.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:15:23 +0000

Yes, I wish I was a rat! Want it to be ready for humans now !

By: MrFriendly

MrFriendly — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:34:12 +0000

Incredible. I wish Christopher Reeve were alive to see this.

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:58:28 +0000

You have to reframe it in a war context. If it said that it was being used to help disabled vets or could somehow cause the death of an enemy combatant, we would have tons of responses. My first thoughts were for Christopher Reeves. He did much to bring attention to this type of research. The spinal cord is really an extention of the brain. This will help in the repair of the whole nervous system. From the tip of your toes to the center of the brain it helps unlock the mysteries of nerve growth regulation.

By: asiwel

asiwel — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:28:03 +0000

This research stuck me as such good news. My company has been active in R&D in the disability community for many years (as has Ray Kurzweil and all of his many endeavors and companies, including KurzweilAI.net).I thought immediately of Christopher Reeve and his foundation and research center. If he could have only lived 8 more years – plus a couple – this sort of research would have led to his benefit – and will lead to the benefit of so many people with spinal-cord injuries. Adaptive and assistive technologies are so promising. The revolution in these fields that began in the 1990′s continues unabated. And the underlying science empowering biological and medical research is advancing so quickly. (To wit, this fabulous work – 200-fold spinal axon regeneration! Reconnection to raise the walking score to 7!) This is reassuring to me and should be to us all (who may need these technologies soon as seniors ourselves or as caregivers or as parents.)

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:50:48 +0000

Maybe most of us are not directly affected.Notice directly.

By: Luis

Luis — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:38:19 +0000

Why not more comments?

By: pme

pme — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:49:44 +0000

Actually enough of the Rat and mouse training..Lets get this going in humans..Screw the FDA once these things go to the FDA or big Pharma they die until something they can charge 45k a yr for

By: pme

pme — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:48:14 +0000

Wish I was a rat