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Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nothing-to-sneeze-at dept.

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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  1. Amazing by SimonInOz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've heard of a nasal whine, but never a nasal walk!

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  2. Wazah! by Chayak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah! The nose has it! "You digging for gold?" "No, just some spinal replacment tissue." "So gold then." "Yeah, you could put it that way, though with the medical system it's worth twice it's weight and then some."

  3. Oh Swell... by anandamide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now whenever you reach around to thumb your nose at someone, you throw out your back.

  4. Rats with nerve damage? by adnausium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So about those rats....did they just put out an open call to anyone with nerve damaged rats? "We can repair them, make them stronger, faster...."

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