Not in the Post Watch: Nasal Stem Cell Therapy

Well, that took about eleven seconds of googling: Lakeland Teen Pushes On After Paralysis from yesterday's St. Paul Pioneer Press:

Paralyzed from the waist down after a snowboarding crash, Josh Millard puts his hopes into experimental stem-cell surgery...

The Millards learned about the unusual Portugal stem-cell surgery in a May report on the "CBS Evening News."

The procedure involves removing cells from the injured person's nasal cavity and transplanting them into the damaged portion of the person's spinal cord. More than 50 patients have undergone the surgery and almost all have reported some physical improvement.

Comments

[tim]

great find - I linked here: http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2005/08/nasal_stemcell.php

[Aric Hilyard]

I was paralyzed from chest down 2 years ago in A 4 wheeler accident I have feeling all the way to my toes and movement in my left leg. I can stand and walk with help. Would be intrested in finding out more about this surgery.