Nbadan
11-29-2004, 12:58 AM
SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, had been bedridden since damaging her back in an accident two decades ago.
Last week her eyes glistened with tears as she walked again with the help of a walking frame at a press conference where South Korea (news - web sites) researchers went public for the first time with the results of their stem-cell therapy.
They said it was the world's first published case in which a patient with spinal cord injuries had been successfully treated with stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a country that supports advances in medicine and technology? Under the Smirker, we are going backwards.
I wonder how Dana Reeves (wife of Christopher Reeves) feels about all this? i guess Kerry was probably right when he said that CR would have been walking again had it not been for the policies of this administration.
Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, had been bedridden since damaging her back in an accident two decades ago.
Last week her eyes glistened with tears as she walked again with the help of a walking frame at a press conference where South Korea (news - web sites) researchers went public for the first time with the results of their stem-cell therapy.
They said it was the world's first published case in which a patient with spinal cord injuries had been successfully treated with stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a country that supports advances in medicine and technology? Under the Smirker, we are going backwards.
I wonder how Dana Reeves (wife of Christopher Reeves) feels about all this? i guess Kerry was probably right when he said that CR would have been walking again had it not been for the policies of this administration.