Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Therapy Successful: Paralysed Patient Walks After 19 Years

Korean researchers, using stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood, succeeded in reversing the paralysis of the lower limbs caused by spinal cord injury, of a 37-year-old female patient. The feat was announced at a press conference last week and reported in the Korea Times. The link was forwarded by Paul Taylor, who also had a comment on the ethical implications of stem cell therapy: “Whilst stem cell therapy naturally instigates passionately polarised views when the cells are harvested from embryos, it is notable that stem cells derived from umbilical cords do not receive anything like the same attention in the media at present. Given that umbilical cords are generally…
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