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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:16 PM

Lab boost for spinal injury rehab

A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may boost the chance of successful rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.

A team from the Centre for Brain Repair in Cambridge treated rats with the enzyme chondroitinase.

They found the treatment increased the length of time that the nervous system was responsive to rehab.

More: http://news.bbc.co.u...lth/7495612.stm
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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:49 PM

Does this enzyme or bacterial protein appear in large dozes somewhere naturally? like, say, in avocado for instance? I'll happily feed myself till I turn hulk, then..
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Posted 15 July 2008 - 06:29 PM

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Does this enzyme or bacterial protein appear in large dozes somewhere naturally? like, say, in avocado for instance? I'll happily feed myself till I turn hulk, then..


I strongly suspect this is the same thing as a suppliment called Chondroitin that you can get at good healthfood stores and it's very effective in treating the pain associated with arthritis when used in conjunction with glucosamine. As for the effect it may have on damaged nerves, I can't find any solid results from reputable sources so I'm really not sure about that. From what I've been reading the most promising research seems to involve taking stems cells from the person's own bone marrow.
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Posted 15 July 2008 - 06:41 PM

Yes. I've found human trials in, Poland, Australia and Hong Kong.. But no info on how its working out... and ok, the first one in poland just happened 'bout a week ago, so...
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Posted 15 July 2008 - 10:39 PM

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Yes. I've found human trials in, Poland, Australia and Hong Kong.. But no info on how its working out... and ok, the first one in poland just happened 'bout a week ago, so...


Is that the chondroitin or the bone marrow? Fancy offering yourself up as a guinea pig? ;)
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 12:05 PM

guinea pig? ... hmmm can't see why not..
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 02:53 PM

View Posttopperf, on Jul 16 2008, 01:05 PM, said:

guinea pig? ... hmmm can't see why not..


Why not find out who you need to email? Nothing to lose, right? :)
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 05:36 PM

precisely !! :wheelchair:
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 06:50 PM

View Posttopperf, on Jul 16 2008, 06:36 PM, said:

precisely !! :)


Do it! Doooooo iiiiiiiiiit!!

Worse thing you can end up with is a mouse ear on your ass :wheelchair:
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 07:44 PM

like mickey with a bad breath? :wheelchair:
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 09:12 PM

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like mickey with a bad breath? :)


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