Stem Cell Injection Allows Man to Walk Again

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:10 pm

Canidae wrote:Yes. Adult stem cells seem to be the research route that would would eliminate the politics in this issue.

Not entirely. The NG article states that adult stem cells don't offer the flexibility that embryonic stem cells do.

Post by **andyman** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:54 pm

SplishSplash wrote:I hope that one day we'll find that eating babies gives you eternal youth.

you gotta cook em right, like an asparagus. but they dont make your pee smell as bad

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:51 pm

R00k wrote:With electro shock or something?

Nah, just pressure. There's reflex arcs, and the legs are under less direct control than the arms - the pyramidal tracts, for example, mostly go to the arms, and they're the ones which make direct connections from the motor cortex. The lower spinal cord levels have their own intrinsic motor patterns, which are fundamental components of normal gait (allowing you to walk and chew gum at the same time); you can set these off by pressure on the soles of the feet in some spinal patients.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:49 pm

Yeah I've seen stuff like that before, maybe not the exact same thing but similar. This chick wore a belt that basicly enabled her to stand up during her wedding even though she was handicapped. Worked with electricity I beleive. I'm hoping though that what I think happened actualy has happened with this guy though, it'd be great news for a lot of people.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:43 pm

wow... thanks christopher reeve.

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:05 am

Kracus wrote: I'm hoping though that what I think happened actualy has happened with this guy though, it'd be great news for a lot of people.

If it was true, it'd be on the cover of Nature, not the West Bumfuck Quarterly News