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New Treatment Helps Cure Spinal Injuries
wap writes "Researchers have found that an injection of polyethylene glycol (PEG) into the site of neural injury was very effective in saving neurons in dogs, allowing them to recover their movement after the injury. This is an amazing development. PEG is a simple, safe chemical. Using it as a post-injury treatment could prevent paralysis in thousands of accident victims every year, if hospitals start using it. This doesn't mean we don't need stem cell research, but it is a simple and potentially cheap way to get many of the benefits for spinal injury."
This, the recent stem cell/paralysis breakthrough, living to 1,000 all coming a few weeks after Christopher Reeves dies? Wow, talk about quitting playing just before your lottery numbers come up.
If I didn't know better, I'd say that these guys were all lining up to announce the moment he died. Either that or that whole "curse of Superman" shit is more powerful than anyone first thought. Quick, let's all take out life insurance policies on Brandon Routh.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
That would be interesting if there were any promising fetal stem cell treatments. But there are not. The most promising stem cell research is on multipotent stem cells from adults or umbilical cords.