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BY DAN KENNEDY
ANCHOR JASMINE BAILEY
Paralyzed dogs are walking again thanks to their own noses. ABC News explains this modern
medicine miracle.
“The dogs had suffered severe spinal cord injury and scientists in England gave them
spinal injections made from the dogs own cells from the linings on their noses. Dogs who
got the injection showed considerable improvement.”
The Scientists say it’s evidence nose cells can repair severely damaged spinal cords,
and they hope one day it will play a role in helping to reverse paralysis in humans.
Here’s WABC.
“This proof of concept study in animals should give the green light for a trial with
patients but warn it may not work as well. In the quest to reverse paralysis in humans,
cell transplants are just part of the answer.”
A Cambridge University professor said “We’re confident that the technique might be able
to restore at least a small amount of movement in human patients with spinal cord injuries...
It’s more likely that this procedure might one day be used as part of a combination of
treatments, alongside drug and physical therapies.”
More than 200,000 people live with spinal cord injuries in the United States.