mice nerve regeneration are humans next
mice nerve regeneration are humans next
hi all i was ina bad accident which caused full brachial plexus avulsion in my left arm 0 movement i was on the christopher reeves website and read how they now can regenerate nerves in mice helping for functional revovery i was wondering if anyone knows nything about it or if anyone has any thoughts about iittt thanks any input would be great im ypung and looking for hope
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Christopher
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: mice nerve regeneration are humans next
The science is there, but the funding is not. Sad situation really.
Clinical trials for this injury and it's repair were supposed to start years ago, but do not have the adequate funding to get them to the next stage.
Read anything published by Prof. Geoffrey Raisman: (forum search on "Raisman")
http://ubpn.org/forum/search.php?keywor ... mit=Search
PBS video on his science from back in 2002 (worthy download):
http://homepage.mac.com/cljanney/FileSharing9.html
one of the girls in the documentary, Susan Fajt, O.D.'d last week. She was one of the reasons I got heavy into researching neural sciences. She was a huge advocate for embryonic stem cells. The surgeries that Dr. Carlos Lima performs in this documentary, and on her, have had very little, if any, success. This is why the science must have all the kinks worked out before other doctors try and apply it on humans before they fully understand what is necessary to make it work. It does more damage to the likelihood of the science progressing (due to failure in the public eye and hence not getting funding) than it does good.
Keep on hoping! The day will come. The science is here, it's just a matter of time.
Read any of the postings on this sight to get an idea of what's happening out there:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32
Stay Strong,
Christopher
Clinical trials for this injury and it's repair were supposed to start years ago, but do not have the adequate funding to get them to the next stage.
Read anything published by Prof. Geoffrey Raisman: (forum search on "Raisman")
http://ubpn.org/forum/search.php?keywor ... mit=Search
PBS video on his science from back in 2002 (worthy download):
http://homepage.mac.com/cljanney/FileSharing9.html
one of the girls in the documentary, Susan Fajt, O.D.'d last week. She was one of the reasons I got heavy into researching neural sciences. She was a huge advocate for embryonic stem cells. The surgeries that Dr. Carlos Lima performs in this documentary, and on her, have had very little, if any, success. This is why the science must have all the kinks worked out before other doctors try and apply it on humans before they fully understand what is necessary to make it work. It does more damage to the likelihood of the science progressing (due to failure in the public eye and hence not getting funding) than it does good.
Keep on hoping! The day will come. The science is here, it's just a matter of time.
Read any of the postings on this sight to get an idea of what's happening out there:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32
Stay Strong,
Christopher