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Update on Superman ? - July 1, 2001 2:01:00 PM

Rose

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I haven't heard anyting in a long time about the effects of Christopher Reeve's therapy program...last I heard was the use of the Lite Gait. Anyone know whats happening ???

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Re: Update on Superman ? - July 2, 2001 4:13:00 AM

Andrew M. Ball, MS, PT

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To my knowledge, he's still on a daily program of PWB-TT, and his gait pattern is improving - - - though still not independent. His situation with it is a little different because he has a near complete spinal cord injury. A complete SCI cannot be helped with PWB-TT . . . yet.

MEANWHILE . . . There is a group of MD's at Yale or Harvard that have taken rats, spinalized them, and using OEC stem cells (and growth directors) have reconstructed the spinal cord following the complete SCI . . . so effectively in fact, that NCV's were FASTER across the experimental groups spinal cords, than the control group.

It is my understanding that several biotech companies are involved in the basic science end of this and that Mr. Reeve is heavily involved with that. He hopes to be the first human subject for any OEC/PWB-TT combination trial. He may just be.

For more information about Mr. Reeve, you may want to e-mail his Neurologist at UCLA Medical Center (Bruce Dobkins, MD)

Drew

(in reply to Rose)

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