Source: Associated Press
Posted: September 19, 2005 19:26 PDT
Summary:
The Associated Press reports on new research using stem cells to attempt to treat spinal cord injury:
"Injections of human stem cells seem to directly repair some of the damage caused by spinal cord injury, according to research that helped partially paralyzed mice walk again. The expirment suggested the connections that the stem cells form to help bridge the damaged spinal cord are key to recovery. The connections didn't just form new nerve cells. They also formed cells that create the biological insulation that nerve fibers need to communicate."
