RESEARCH N CLINICAL TRIAL
Experimental treatments and clinical trials are mushrooming, all over the world. None of them is really effective, although some progress is reported now and then by a few patients. But we definitely have reasons to hope and act towards major breakthroughs over the coming years.
Is that just false hope or do we have reasons for hope? See an article by Dr Wise Young, PhD, Reasons for Hope 2005, as well as an update he recently wrote about 5 major advances in the field of SCI research up to 2006
-Overview of human clinical trials:
Update 2008:
http://www.google.com/notebook/public/12807577635681740529/BDSfCQwoQ-daupfci
Historical data 2006: Overview SCI clinical trial 26August 06
- Details : More info on Alarme
- Rat walking again thanks to embryonic stem-cells+growth factor/ Dr Kerr- USA:
See this impressive and very clear short movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHzdePQHyVQ&mode=related&search= , June 2006. It's encouraging, although this cannot be applied one to one to humans, because humans' sci is simply different and more complicated, according to scientists. Nevertheless, it seems like an excellent reason to fight, isn't it ?- Clinical trials in India :
Manipal sci clinical trial stem cells_ article by L_Johnston and C_ Jeanmaire Oct 06
CAUTION : The information displayed in this section is NOT a recommendation to go for such therapy/ clinical trial. It is meant to let those in despair know that a lot of things are happening in the field of research and innovative treatment. We have never been so close to a cure, nevertheless, for the time being, none of those have been proven effective and some risks are attached to many of them because of their experimental status !!
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