Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries?

dptalia writes "The Guardian has an article on how nose cells may cure spinal injuries. This technique has worked with rats, restoring feeling and movement to limbs damaged by severed nerves. The initial trial will be on people who have lost control of an arm due to the nerves being pulled from the spinal cord." From the article: "If successful, with refinement and research the procedure could be tried on people in a wheelchair. It also has the potential to heal other nerve injuries, such as those caused by stroke, blindness and deafness."

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[DarkOx]

Once again all those things promised with stem cells is looking possible via other methods. This is exactly why I was and remain opposed to research in that area. There are way to many ethical questions around stem cells that don't exist with grabbing a few nose cells. We hardly understand what we are doing with the nervous system in general. Its simply irresponsible and reckless to do experiments with what may be a human life itself when we have hardly exhausted and even examined the other possible avenues toward our goals.