Health Note: Spinal Cord Repair - BBC Documentary for the Panorama program, To Walk Again - Poland + UK: Nasal nerve cells with a natural ability to rewire the brain are used to repair spinal cord of paralyzed Bulgarian farmer. Ability to walk with a walker returns to patient: The breakthrough represents decades of pioneering work for Geoffrey Raisman, a professor in the Institute of Neurology at University College London in the UK. In 1969, he discovered that damaged nerve cells can form new connections, and in 1985, he identified that a type of nose cell - called an olfactory ensheathing cell (OEC) - allows nerve fibers to regenerate into the brain. These and other discoveries led Prof. Raisman and his team to believe it would one day be possible to regenerate nerve fibers in spinal cords damaged by injury. Breakthrough spinal cord surgery was performed by team headed by Dr. Pawel Tabakow, assistant professor in Neurosurgery at Wroclaw Medical University in Poland.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:49:39 +0000
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