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Is it just me or are these things always several years away from clinical trials. (third paragraph) Key part: >>The researchers found for the first time that
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Is it just me or are these things always several years away from clinical trials. (third paragraph)
Key part:
>>The researchers found for the first time that injured nerve cells could re-grow for "remarkably long distances" (about 2cm).
They said that while the rats did not regain the ability to walk, they did recover some bladder function.<<
- aroch 13y ago> Is it just me or are these things always several years away from clinical trials. (third paragraph) Anything not in clinical trials (or prelims) is always "a few years" trials due to how the FDA works. 2cm growth in rats is pretty close to the maximal growth I would expect from this treatment...It accounts for ~30-40% of the length of a rat spine. From reading the paper [1] it would appear that for this to be effective in humans it would require, essentially, stitching several hundreds segments of new growth together 1: Full text for those without journal access: https://atc.io/files/10591.full.pdf https://atc.io/files/10591.full.pdf
- andrewcooke 13y agowork in humans for what? for example: i doubt that MS sufferers need a replacement for the entire spine. all they need is something that removes and "fixes" the scarring. rock on, i say. i hope my betaferon keeps me walking til something like this is available...
- aroch 13y agoI doubt we'd ever see full spine replacement ("retraining" might not ever work) but for say arm / leg nervous dystrophy I can certainly see this being appealing.