United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

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

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