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01-07-2005, 10:26 AM
Study underway
BY PATRICIA ANSTETT
Knight Ridder Newspapers
(KRT) - A study using a person's own blood cells to boost healing within the first two weeks of a spinal cord injury is under way at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and six other U.S. centers.
The cells are isolated from a person's own blood, treated in a laboratory to enhance them , then injected in the site of the spinal cord injury. Small pilot studies in the United States and five other countries show that spinal cord patients obtained movement or feeling after the therapy.
The therapy involves using a type of white blood cell that removes cell debris within 14 days of an injury. The cells, called macrophages, are part of the body's healing process, releasing growth factors that help to begin healing.
The study is open to people ages 16 to 65, with
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BY PATRICIA ANSTETT
Knight Ridder Newspapers
(KRT) - A study using a person's own blood cells to boost healing within the first two weeks of a spinal cord injury is under way at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and six other U.S. centers.
The cells are isolated from a person's own blood, treated in a laboratory to enhance them , then injected in the site of the spinal cord injury. Small pilot studies in the United States and five other countries show that spinal cord patients obtained movement or feeling after the therapy.
The therapy involves using a type of white blood cell that removes cell debris within 14 days of an injury. The cells, called macrophages, are part of the body's healing process, releasing growth factors that help to begin healing.
The study is open to people ages 16 to 65, with
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/10589323.htm
http://stores.ebay.com/MAKSYM-Variety-Store