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I wonder what this would cost to have done. I have a relative that was left paralyzed after a spinal cord injury, would love for them to be able to try something like this.

Edit: looks like it has to be a pretty recent injury... "14-28 days prior"

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Potentially this technique can be improved to include longer period injuries, it’s a good development.

So, perhaps not for MS, then, either, if one has had mobility issues for years. :(

MS can be treated with stem cells, but it's pretty scorched earth. Basically it's a similar protocol for stubborn forms of leukemia: extract stem cells, program and cultivate them into immune cells, nuke your ENTIRE immune system, then put you in a bubble for a few months while the stem-cell-grown immune cells develop into a new immune system in your body.

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