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Surfer Chris Barr regained mobility after a spinal cord injury using stem cell therapy.
Treatment involves extracting stem cells from belly fat and injecting them into the spine.
Mohamad Bydon, the study’s author, told that the hope is stem cell treatment can be used alongside other therapies.
In the study, 7 out of 10 patients showed positive recovery.
Visible improvements, including increased sensations, as well as increased muscle strength and voluntary bowel function.
No major side effects were reported, but more research is needed to understand how stem cells operate.
Stem cell therapy is considered promising but not a cure yet.
Second phase of the study is underway with wider adoption still years away.
Research by Mayo Clinic, published in Nature Communications.
