Rise and Walk

Stephen Davies dreams of a day when people once paralyzed by spinal cord injuries will rise and walk. But Davies, a PhD, does more than dream. The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine professor pioneers the research that may one day make spinal cord regeneration possible. Davies' work transplanting specially manipulated embryonic stem cell precursors into the injured spines of rats has allowed the lab animals to regain most of their normal function. Now, he heads toward human trials with his remarkable discoveries that exemplify the research mission at the UC Denver medical school.

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Science & Technology

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• spinal cord injury
• rise and walk
• stem cell therapy
• Stephen Davies
• stem cells
• Christopher Reeve
• spinal cord regeneration
• paralysis
• Colorado
• medical school

[jmccllch]

MY NAME IS JESSICA MCCULLOCH AND I AM FROM OHIO. MY DAUGHTER AVA,2, HAS SPINA BIFIDA AND SHE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR AN ADULT STEMCELL TREATMENT AT THE XCELL CENTER IN GERMANY. WE ARE CURRENTLY RAISING FUNDS TO GO THERE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR OPINION ON TREATMENTS FOR SPINA BIFIDA OR WHAT YOU MAY KNOW OF THE CENTER. MY EMAIL IS JMCCLLCH@AOL.COM. THANK YOU.