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• asah
  Conditions like SB affect the entire family.Long ago, my next door neighbor's daughter had severe SB and was confined to a wheelchair, slow mental and emotion development, etc. Nobody thought she'd live, but in fact got to adulthood. It was basically a full-time job for her (single) mom.
• jillsy
  My high school hosted the county's special day class for kids with severe cognitive and physical disabilities, a majority from spina bifida. If this stem cell method can actually repair the spinal cord before birth, the quality of life improvement is absolutely enormous.
• doomslayer999
  China is going to be way ahead of us in biological treatments because they are willing to actually remove the red tape and in fact encourage scientists to try these sorts of experimental treatments. Meanwhile, we have a dinosaur FDA, a bureaucratic academia second to only Europeans.
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  elric
  Incredible to see some promising results in stem cell research. Hopefully a safe and successful application can give a boost to some other areas where stem cells might prove useful (like maybe one day we can regrow damaged heart tissue like this).
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  snyp
  I did not even know it was possible to operate on a fetus. Its insane how far we have come. Very promising results!
• Aboutplants
  Truly remarkable! Despite the darkness in the world most days, news like this lifts my spirits and gives me hope.
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  jey
  What does the stem cell treatment help with beyond the existing fetal surgery? Since it's in addition to the usual surgical treatment
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  Telemakhos
  Does the physical repair also help with the mental developmental effects? Children with spinal bifida often develop cognitive abilities much slower than children without it.
• vpribish
  Interesting - they had done surgery before, but not with stem cells. 6 babies operated on, results were very good and they are recruiting for phase 2
• cwoodyard
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