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It does make it less fragile, by putting the spinal nerves back into the protective bones of the spine. We have a shortage of long term data, but studies on kid
by arkades 7y ago
It does make it less fragile, by putting the spinal nerves back into the protective bones of the spine. We have a shortage of long term data, but studies on kids out to ten years show higher rates of ambulation, and better quality of ambulation.
- benj111 7y agoOk thanks, so we're talking about someone who could walk with crutches at birth, potentially being able to walk with crutches indefinitely then?
- Filligree 7y agoUnlikely, but if they can at least avoid crutches in their childhood then... that isn't nothing. That's a lot, actually. They'll probably need them eventually. Then again, technology does keep progressing. Maybe this will be like many other diseases in the past, and it'll turn out that we've reached escape velocity -- the repairs will outdo the damage. There's no way to know yet. Even so, this article is very good news.