Nose cells fix spinal chord

[Nathan McCorkle]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/paralysis-cell-transplant/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/10/22/paralyzed-man-walks-nose-cells-transplanted-spinal-cord/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1014/211014-UCL-research-helps-paralysed-man-recover-function

http://diyhpl.us/~nmz787/pdf/Functional_Regeneration_of_Supraspinal_Connections_in_a_Patient_With_Transected_Spinal_Cord_Following_Transplantation_of_Bulbar_Olfactory_Ensheathing_Cells_With_Peripheral_Nerve_Bridging.pdf

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-Nathan

[CodonAUG]

While its good news for that specific patient, there is not sufficient data to conclude it was the nose-cells which improved his injury.  

The news articles definitely overstate the results of the paper and gloss over the fact that the spine wasn't fully severed in the patient.

I tried searching in PubMed to see if there is a follow-up to this since it was published in October of 2014 but there hasn't been one yet.

[Nathan McCorkle]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 8:51 AM, CodonAUG <elsb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried searching in PubMed to see if there is a follow-up to this since it
> was published in October of 2014 but there hasn't been one yet.

I noticed in the same issue of the publication, there was at least
another paper with 'olfactory' in the title, using a mouse model
instead (actually ctrl-f for olfactory shows 13 hits on this page):
https://www.cognizantcommunication.com/back-volumes-of-active-journals-online/cell-transplantation-back-volumes

(Volume 24, Number 2)

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-Nathan