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Paralyzed Woman Walks Again

mgv writes "It's been promised for years, but it's just become a reality. Stem cells taken from cord blood have enabled a paralysed woman in South Korea to walk again for the first time in 20 years. The details are on the Sydney Morning Herald Site which requires registration, but can also be seen on the World Peace Herald. Too late for Christopher Reeve, but not for the thousands of new injuries worldwide each year or the millions of paralysed people from other diseases in the world."

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  1. Indeed... by CountrySon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bash! Bash! Bash! Bash! ...

  2. Re:Adult stem cells by biglig2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That God exists is not a requirement for one to play God, in the same way that the non-existance of Superman did not prevent Christopher Reeve from playing him.

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    ~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?
  3. Re:Adult stem cells by plastic_heaven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why the heck was this modded flamebait? Lemme guess, it had the words "religious" and "Catholic" and made a good point that we don't want to talk about.

  4. Re:Adult stem cells by bombadillo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's kind of like saying that your pancreas is "left over" from a human reproductive process.

    Parts of our bodies are left overs. Have you used your appendix for much lately?