Paralyzed rat walks again with human Embryonic Stem Cells.

Paralyzed rat walks again after his injured spinal cord is repaired with human Embryonic Stem Cells.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2003/June/video.htm

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2003/June/030627.htm


http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112660937/abstract?CRETRY=1&SR...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050510193918.htm

http://www.myelitis.org/newsletters/v7n1/Newsletter7-1-02.htm

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• Cells.

[shinocicada]

They did help the rat, but in testing a lot of animals are treated terribly.

I wont say it's true, but I wouldn't be surprised if they injured the rat in the first place.

I'm only suspicious because the rat is a lab rat, and I don't see how a lab rat would get a broken back seeing as they're stuck in bins 90% of the time.

Then again, I totally support humane animal testing and when push comes to shove, in most cases, if someone lost the ability to walk, they'd be all for this.

[Levonanureen]

I honestly don't think that was the same rat....

[laurence265]

they always talk about the ethics of using stem cells.. well how ethical is it to have a cure for spine injury and just sit in on the shelf when thousands are depressed and in pain. that's just crazy.

[Waterbro44]

I'm saying this because I have worked in an animal research lab and know how it works. Have I operated on rats? Yes. Did we have to kill them after we were done? Yes. Were they killed humanely? Yes, with CO2 that causes them to simply fall asleep and die peacefully. Why did we kill them post study? It gives us a chance to study the remains and my lab implanted electrodes which would have ultimately led to infection, given enough time. This was a more humane and logical approach.

[Waterbro44]

And as for inhumane treatment of lab animals, each lab in every university has to obey the guidelines established by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Everyone who handles the animals must be certified by the committee to care for the animals. And like I said earlier, it's spinal cord was methodically severed and subsequently repaired by stem cells. Often times labs meticulously record a rat's weight and dietary habits to make sure a procedure hasn't affected it's health.

[Waterbro44]

Guys, are you really asking whether or not the rat injured its back by accident? This rat was part of a study, it's not like they were trying to fix someone's pet. In these types of experiments, they typically sever the spinal cord rendering the rat's hind legs paralyzed. After the injections of stem cells, the neurons regenerate and the rat regains the ability to walk.

As for calling shenanigans....really? This is a study done at Johns Hopkins University. They aren't doing sleight of hand.

[joalol]

@capnhands probably somewhere around 10-15, if you have the money:)

[capnhands]

HOW MANY FUCKING YEARS WILL IT BE TILL I WALK AGAIN???

[HuyWTF510]

So did the mouse injure itself, or did the researcher break its back?

[rememberthename33]

@omglolzbbqsauce are you calling shenanigans?

[omglolzbbqsauce]

its two different rats obviously

[shinocicada]

@DemonAMVs

I'm not dodging the subject- I simply misunderstood your main point.

I don't support traps, for the reasons you mention. What else needs to be said? I said I agreed with you and I do. I also said in my first post what you said in your two last sentences. Save for the shampoo subject but I agree with you there as well.

I don't understand what you want- we're on the same tip. You came to me with a random fact that I agreed with you on. What exactly are you trying to get from me?