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superduperman6 t1_it11che wrote

Reply to comment by mikeagimp in A cure for spina bifida? In a groundbreaking clinical trial in California, 3 babies with spina bifida have been treated with stem cells, placenta derived "mesenchymal stem cells" to be exact, and the early results are very encouraging according to the scientist running the trial. by YWAK98alum

Poor guy. So does this new clinical trial make you feel better? What's amazing to me is they're so confident in this stem cell patch technique that they're going to try it on babies who have already been born but suffer from spina bifida, they think they can help babies who have already been born. These placenta stem cells are supposed to be pretty dang revolutionary.

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mikeagimp t1_it1zxjw wrote

They have been doing corrective surgery in the womb for awhile. For me, this is my life, I know nothing else. I find it hard to believe anything is going to fix nerve destructing. I had a grapefruit size tumor at the base [L4] of my spine, it was a spaghetti mess, I don’t see anything fixing that. Bad nerves, bad muscles. Ain’t no quick fix.

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