A study by researchers from Yale University in the US, published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, revealed that intravenous infusion of bone marrow-derived stem cells (MSCs) into patients with spinal cord injuries led to a significant improvement in motor function, according to the Medicinal Express website. medicalxpress.
Researchers who participated in the expanded study reported that, for more than half of the patients, significant improvements in key functions such as the ability to walk or use their hands were observed within weeks of the stem cell injection, and no major side effects were reported.
Coxis Waxman, one of the participants in the study, said: Additional studies will be needed to confirm the results of this initial experiment, but he also said that there is more optimism felt by members of his research team about the results that have emerged so far regarding improving the motor abilities of SCI patients. .
He pointed out that similar results with stem cells in stroke patients increase confidence that this approach may be clinically beneficial, and that its application on a larger scale may become a model that can be used in the future in all difficult cases related to the spinal cord.
Waxman also said: The idea that we might be able to restore our functions after brain and spinal cord injury using the patient’s stem cells is one of the ideas that has sparked our interest for years, adding that making use of stem cells in this way gives hope to those who have suffered injuries or damage to the spinal cord.
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