Stem cells reverse paralysis
A new research has shown that by transplanting stem cells, paralysis associated with spinal cord injuries can be reversed! All this was proven to be working on animals. What is it all about? The results have shown that the quantity of stem cells in the injured areas is way higher than in the same areas on healthy subjects. These findings hold enormous promise to creating new treatment procedures for spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord injuries are the biggest cause of paralysis and the trauma itself destroys numerous cell types, including the neurons that carry messages between the brain and the rest of the body. At the moment, there are no working procedures that can reverse paralysis and that’s why this research is of huge importance.
“The human body contains the tools to repair damaged spinal cords. Our work clearly demonstrates that we need both adult and embryonic stem cells to understand our body and apply this knowledge in regenerative medicine,” said Miodrag Stojkovic, one of the researchers. “There are mechanisms in our body which need to be studied in more detail since they could be mobilized to cure spinal cord injuries.”
The details are published in the journal Stem Cells.
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