Very nice spinal cord injury paralysis Tx advance

[berkeman]

I have always been interested in spinal cord injury treatment (Tx), both from my medical background and also my EE/Biomed background (and because of some personal reasons). This appears to be a very promising Tx.

It's ironic that this patient (Pt) is an ED Doc and surfer. I'll try to find a more clinical report about this Pt and Tx...

Pioneering spine injury protocol leads to holiday miracle for surfer injured at Ocean Beach
http://abc7news.com/health/pioneeri...-leads-to-holiday-miracle-for-surfer/2812829/

 

[Fra]

A part of me also have a special interest in the neuroscience simply because its an amazing complex system where we all happen to have our own copy of. I am interested in the field just from the abstracty perspective of self-organising complex systems, and how their internal workings relfect their behaviour. Apart from surgical problems which is not interesting for me, its is extremely interesting to understand how the BRAIN can "rewire" or relearn on its own, if there is say a corruption of miswiring of signals.

This is also an interesting article
Surgery can prompt sensory nerves to ‘sprout’ fresh connections to spinal cord
"THE quest to repair spinal cord injuries is a medical holy grail. Now, we’re beginning to understand how it could be done. And the fix may already be in our own bodies...The Kings College researchers say they have found a new surgical technique for reconnecting sensory roots."
-- http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/surgery-can-prompt-sensory-nerves-to-sprout-fresh-connections-to-spinal-cord/news-story/e22d49b3772d03e7f008524abf8d53a8

/Fredrik