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There has been much in the news today but one item stood out for me.
Incredible news of the paralysed man who, after pioneering surgery, is learning to walk again.
Darek Fidyka had his spinal cord severed in 2010 after being stabbed repeatedly in the back. He was left paralysed with no hope of ever walking again
Professor Geoffrey Raisman, of University College London's Institute of Neurology, led the UK research team who developed the cell regeneration programme. It took 10 years.
He said what had been achieved was "more impressive than man walking on the moon".
I have worked in two spinal injury units during my nursing career and know first hand what this news will mean to many many people, so I am inclined to agree wholeheartedly with Professor Raisman's statement.........
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@Cleoriff wrote:.
He said what had been achieved was "more impressive than man walking on the moon".
Up there with early man standing for the first time.
Amazing story, thanks for sharing it.
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This could be a major breakthrough for so many people. Advancement in so many fields these days continue to amaze and astound me. I sometimes long for the old days when everything was so simple but I knew many people affected by diseases and physical disabilities whose lives would have been enriched if they had been born 50 years later.
virtual kudos for your post Cleoriff :womanvery-happy:
saw the news (briefly) in the i newspaper 
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I have literally sat watching the Panorama News special tonight with my jaw dropping....they followed this team of researchers for a year to make the programme.....(and showed the surgery)
Not patronising anyone here but fractured spines can be relatively simple things to recuperate from because it is the vertebra (bones) that are damaged. Spinal cord damage is another thing completely.
Even more amazing when you realise the cells they used for regeneration...were taken from the nose....
I honestly stand in awe of these people.:smileyhappy:
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I'll take your word for it @Cleoriff
Being on the squeamish side I couldn't be watching stuff like that, far too much blood and gore for me. I too am in complete admiration for these people who strive for medical 'miracle cures' often for little personal gain and reward, just to know that they are making the world a better place 
Now if they can only cure the common cold....
Now if they can only cure the common cold....
but they can jonsie ..... = ..... a dose of penecillin (antibiotics) works wonders
well not a cure really I suppose, but it would sure make us all who have the sniffles feel a lot better
but of course, antibiotics are not handed our willy nilly in GB by GPs as our bodies would become used to them & then new antibiotics would have to be invented ..... cf ..... such as India where it is I believe generally by poorly people that tablets or medicine are required to cure an ailment ..... @Cleoriff what do you say?
When I lived in Sharjah United Arab Emirates antibiotics could be bought otc ..... we were registered with a doctor, but I was strict, as said above, in not pumping my kid who was 2/3 years old then with drugs ..... all except the wonderstuff that was pink calpol ..... he'd take that easy off the spoon
sorry to have gone off subject a bit, but I was replying to jonsie's comment
yep, up there with a Man on the Moon re op
& upon reading the blue link which Cleoriff put up
the GB medical/scientific people are to acquire any patents of the process to be made freely available to all ..... credit to them
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I'm probably one of the few people allergic to penicillin:smileysad:
