Re: Head Trauma

Bob wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:41:40 -0600, dan@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello,

My brother sustained head trauma in a car accident about 20 years ago. He lost his peripheral vision, sense of smell, and hearing in one ear. Given all this damage he still functions well. I am wondering if stem cell research offers any promise to restore my brother to full functioning.


Interesting question.

The first thing to understand is that there are no accepted treatments
for anything at this point using stem cells (other than the
long-established bone marrow transplant). The field is in its infancy.

As to what may become possible, who knows? But a requirement will be
-- almost certainly -- to know the specific defect, at the cellular
level.

bob

My understanding is that all his damage is nerves so I thought with the experiments of repairing rats severed spines to 75% function may mean other nerve path ways may be able to be repaired eventually.

Dan
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