X-Message-Number: 24788 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: severed spinal cord nerve fibres Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:44:05 +0100 > From: "Basie" <> > Subject: severed spinal cord nerve fibres > Professor Raisman's team at the NIMR has demonstrated that it is possible > for severed spinal cord nerve fibres to grow back and restore lost An article in this week's New Scientist (9 October page 36) described controversial work in India's King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai on aplastic anaemia. It uses a stem cell technique developed by a company TriStem. http://www.tristemcorp.com/ They are developing a process previously though to be impossible - retrodifferentiation, a technology which is used to create stem cells from mature adult cells. The company claims its process can make stem cells just from a patient's blood. The restoration of severed spinal cord nerve fibres is one application being considered, according the article. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24788