First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has now regained his upper body movement

A young man lost control of his car on a slippery road, it slammed into a tree and a lamp post. When he woke up, he found himself lying on a hospital bed. Doctors told his parents that he may never be able to function from neck down again.

The young man was offered the potentially life changing procedure, involving stem cells, which have the capability to repair the injured nervous tissue through replacement of damaged nerve cells. The experimental procedure did not guarantee any restoration to his paralysis, but he felt the risk was worth taking.

The process began in April 2014, when the doctor injected 100 million ACT-OPC1 cells directly into his  cervical spinal cord. The Dr. explained that typically spinal chord injury patients undergo surgery that stabilizes the spine but does very little to restore motor and sensory function. With this study, we're testing procedure that may improve neurological function, which could mean the difference between being permanently paralyzed and being able to use one's arms and hands. Restoring that level of function could significantly improve the daily lives of patients with severe spinal injuries.

After a mere 3 weeks of the therapy, the patient started showing signs of improvement and within 2 months he could answer the phone, write his name and operate a wheelchair. He had regained significant improvement in his motor functions, which are the transmissions of messages from the brain to the muscle groups to create movements.

He recovered 2 spinal chord levels which made a huge difference in his movement abilities. It was the difference between minimal movement or none at all and being able to function on his own. He regained the incredibly important aspect of independence.

After seeing the results of stem cell therapy, he was bowled over, saying " All I've wanted from the beginning was a fighting chance---- But, if there's an opportunity for me to walk again, then he was willing to do anything possible to do that."

Although, doctors are not able to make any promises that his condition will further improve, they can keep experimenting with stem cell research to try and improve the likelihood of it working fully on paralysis.

So far, they've made huge steps and will hopefully continue to do so in their quest to solve paralysis, by teaming with other researchers to study stem cell driven mew medicine. The doctors are determined to keep researching stem cells and much more.

Stem cell research is ongoing and can be used in many ways other than paralysis, for Parkinson's, diabetes and to cancer.

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1. Today, when I slipped on the wet tile floor a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground.  He said, “Believe it or not, that’s almost exactly how I injured my back 3 years ago .
 
 2. Today, my father told me, “Just go for it and give it a try!  You don’t have to be a professional to build a successful product.  Amateurs  started Google and Apple.  Professionals built the Titanic.
 
3. Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s  – what his top 3 tips are for success.  He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.
 
4. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class.  When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.
 
5. I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- "Dad, can I play baseball?" He said "You'll never know until you try." When I was a teenager, I asked him, - "Dad Can I become a surgeon?". He replied "Son, you'll never know until you  try."  Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!
 
6. Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug.  When I tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her.  She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, “On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center.”
 
7. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying.  And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face.
 
  8. Today at 7 AM I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went in to work.  At 3 PM I got laid off.  On my drive home I got a flat tire.  When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.  I start tomorrow.
 
9. Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died.  She simply said, “I feel so loved right now.  We should have gotten together like this more often.”
 
10. Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed.  About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.
 
11. Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling.  I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.”  I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?”  “Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.
 
12. Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.
 
13. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me.  He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said, “I hope you feel better SOON'

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