TEDxBoston - Frank Reynolds - Changing the Face of Neuroscience

Changing the Face of Neuroscience: Are Stem Cells Really Required to Heal a Spinal Cord Injury

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[Kevin Mark]

Long story short.

[pyromcr]

Science is amazing. I really hope that this will be able to help more people in the near future.

[david graham]

as of late March 2013 still awaiting the FDA approval to start the human scaffold studies-really hope this is going to work--would really give wheelchair bound persons hope they could at least get some function back

[charris866]

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[charris866]

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[brahmabrolis2]

Dude, what happened to you after always sunny in Philadelphia? Hows Charlie and the gang?

[neon3188]

They're gearing up for phase I/II clinical trials. Should be starting by June or July. They need to prove to the FDA that the bio-material is safe so they're starting out with acute injuries, treating them with the scaffold alone. After that they'll start unleashing the big guns...combining stem cells, growth factors and whatnot for the chronic population.

[nodecafplz]

OK, so where are they now?

[Stydpants]

Dude you are missing the point go to a peta site.

[Stydpants]

hey lonleyjew it's not about felines