Source: Tehran Times - Tehran, Iran
Date: February 5, 2007
Summary:
The Islamic Republic of Iran officially announced that Iranian scientists have developed a new technique for treating patients with spinal cord injuries. In this method of Schwann cell transplantation, the Schwann cells are taken from the back of the patient’s leg (below the knee) and grown in the lab. They are then injected into the site of the injury. Researchers from the Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Center of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences have scientifically proven the efficacy of the new method through 30 operations on humans.
