Stem cell treatment of spinal cord injuries [Pharyngula]

I have to admit that my first response to these reports out of Britain that stem cells had been successfully used to repair a complete spinal cord transection was skepticism - incredulity even. They're reporting that a man with a completely severed spinal cord at level T10-T11 is able to walk again ! The Guardian gushes ! The Daily Mail gets in the act ! When I read that the patient had an 8mm gap in his spinal cord that had been filling up with scar tissue for the last two years, I was even more doubtful: under the best of conditions, it was unlikely that you'd get substantial connectivity across that distance.

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