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Man Who Was Paralyzed From The Neck Down Walks Again After Stem Cell Therapy By The Mayo Clinic

Monday, May 27th, 2024

A man who was paralyzed from the neck down after a surfing accident seven years ago is now able to stand and walk on his own, thanks in part to a potentially groundbreaking stem cell treatment.

Chris Barr was the very first patient in a Mayo Clinic study that collected stem cells from his own stomach fat, expanded them in a laboratory to 100 million cells and then injected the cells into Barr’s lumbar spine.

Spinal cord injuries are the most difficult to treat. To treat paralysis a vast amount of stem cells are needed, and they must be positioned with precision long enough to do their work. It is wonderful to see more studies being progressed and new hope for those with spinal cord injuries. Watch this Good Morning America video here:

Watch video here:

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/video/new-hope-spinal-cord-injuries-108703900

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Stem Cell Scaffold Accelerates the Healing of Injured Tendons

Friday, May 6th, 2022

Stem Cell Scaffolds Accelerate Injured Tendons

Researchers have developed a new scaffold implant to accelerate the healing of injured tendons.

Tendons are the crucial tissues that connect muscle to bone. These injuries can take many weeks or months to heal, and often don’t have complete recovery, resulting in the tendon being weaker than it was and risking further injury.

Most tendon tears and ruptures result from:

Advanced age resulting in decreased blood supply to the inside of the tendon
Strenuous physical activity
Direct trauma
An acute sporting injury
Unexpected force often caused by landing on your feet after jumping from a height
Excessive strain while pushing off with the weight-bearing foot.

Findings have just been released showing a silk fibroin scaffold sheet seeded with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), aided regeneration and healing of tendons by producing signaling molecules that summon immune cells to the area and encourage new blood vessels to form.

The study was undertaken by researchers at the Terasaki Institute in Los Angeles, California.

The research paper is referenced here:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202107714

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