[extropy-chat] umbilical cord stem cell breakthrough claim

[Damien Broderick]

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200411/kt2004112617575710440.htm

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter

A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle 
by enabling a patient, who could not even stand up for the last 19 years, 
to walk with stem cell therapy.

During a press conference, the scientists said they had last month 
transplanted multi-potent stem cells from umbilical cord blood to the 
37-year-old female patient suffering from a spinal cord injury and she can 
now walk on her own. [etc]