Israeli Research Gives Hope For Spinal Cord Injuries

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Israeli Research Gives Hope For Spinal Cord Injuries

What's the most catastrophic illness that can befall us? To me, it's a spinal cord injury (SCI) that results in total paralysis. During a recent visit to Israel, I interviewed Dr. Shimon Rochkind, world-renowned neurosurgeon at the Tel Aviv University Sourasky Medical Center, an expert on SCI.

Every year 12,000 North Americans sustain spinal cord injury. The people involved are usually under the age of 30 and 80% are males. Some, like Christopher Reeves of Superman fame, fall from horses. Others dive into shallow water or are involved in car accidents.

Dr. Rochkind has spent his life trying to accomplish what's said to be impossible. Time and time again we've been told that some tissues of the body can regenerate, but never the spinal cord. Christopher Reeves received the best treatment money could buy, but he never walked again. What I witnessed in Rochkind's laboratory shows that what we've accepted as gospel for centuries is no longer true.

Rochkind first showed me motion pictures of a rat running around his cage. Later, he surgically removed half a centimetre (a quarter of an inch) of the rat's spinal cord which resulted in complete paralysis of the hind legs. Normally without a complete spinal cord, the rat would never walk again.

But motion photos taken several weeks later revealed that the rat was now moving his legs. It was not doing so as perfectly as before, but good enough to get around his cage quickly.

So what had Dr. Rochkind done to partially reverse the paralysis? He had to overcome several problems. First, he had to bridge the gap between the severed nerve, and then nourish the nerve and stimulate its growth. Finally, he had to encourage the first step as one does with an infant.

The first solution was to develop what Rochkind calls a "genetically-engineered implant," thousands of times more difficult than designing a hip replacement. This meant experimenting with several different types of tissue. One implant involved human spinal cord cells. But a major advance was his eventual discovery that it was possible to use cells taken from the lining of the adult human nose.

What tissue will be used in the final implant is unknown, but at the moment it's composed of a highly complex assortment of hyaluronic acid, neuronal growth factor, antioxidants such as vitamin C and other ingredients. This mass of material is encompassed in a soft biodegradable tube placed between the severed nerve endings, acting as a scaffold for the implant.

Had he lived, could Christopher Reeve have walked again? Rochkind is convinced that the possibility will happen within his lifetime. It may not be a perfect walk, but patients with these injuries will not be immobilized for the rest of their lives.

Not all nerve injuries, however, are spinal cord ones. For instance, some involve the peripheral nerves of the arm or legs. It's these types of injuries that cripple thousands of soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and other war sites.

Rochkind's laboratory is making great advances with these injuries. The big problem has always been the rapid loss of muscle mass once a nerve is injured. After all, what's the use of regenerating the nerve if there's no muscle tissue left to function?

For these peripheral injuries, Rochkind is using laser phototherapy, which provides an immediate protective effect. This therapy not only helps to prevent muscle loss, but also helps to regenerate nerves and aids in restoring muscle mass. Laser therapy is given two hours a day for 21 days. The sooner it is started, the better the results.

Researchers in Israel are also trying to use stem cells to produce dopamine, the substance lacking in patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease.

I left Israel impressed and amazed at how this tiny country with no natural resources, fighting for its very existence since 1948, could accomplish so much in research. As they say, it's not the size of the dog that wins the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. And I'd predict that Dr. Rochkind's innovative work is headed for a Nobel Prize in medicine.

Israeli research gives hope for spinal cord injuries | Health & Fitness | Life | Toronto Sun
 
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Any arab and muslime shitholes conducting groundbreaking spinal cord research?



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Chinese create spinal implant using 3-D printing technology...

Chinese Doctors Use 3-D Spinal Implant
August 27, 2014 ~ A Chinese boy suffering from a debilitating bone disease has become the first patient with a part of his spine created in a three-dimensional printer. Doctors say he will soon regain normal mobility.
Ewing’s sarcoma is a bone cancer that usually attacks children and young adults, causing severe pain. It can lead to deformity and even death. Twelve-year-old Qin’s second vertebra was so damaged by the cancer that doctors had to remove it. But instead of replacing it with a simple titanium tube, surgeons made a computer-aided scan of the area and used special software to print a perfect replica on a 3-D printer. Instead of plastic, this printer uses biocompatible titanium powder, which does not trigger rejection.

The director of orthopedics at Beijing University, who led the surgical team, Dr. Liu Zhongjun, said 3-D printing has a huge advantage for artificial implants. “We can use iconographic tests on patients such as a CT scan, converting CT data to 3-D printing data in order to produce an internal fixation, with exactly the same structure as the patient's bone structure,” explained Dr. Liu Zhongjun. The artificial vertebra has a honeycomb structure, which allows the new bone tissue to grow into it, and surgical screws are not needed to attach it.

Qin’s mother, Xu Minglin, said she was worried about the procedure at first. “In the begining I was a little torn. But in the end, I considered that 3-D has already been applied in the medical world, and they must be confident,” she said. A month after his surgery, Qin is already able to stand and walk wearing a brace. Doctors say his progress is good and that he will soon recover, although he will have to undergo additional chemotherapy to get rid of any remaining tumor cells.

Chinese Doctors Use 3-D Spinal Implant
 
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Great strides in the USA, amazing.

Spinal cord work is unexpected shocker: 'This is a breakthrough'
By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
updated 12:24 PM EDT, Tue April 8, 2014
Spinal cord research offers unexpected hope to people with paralysis - CNN.com

As far as Muslims go, give them time and education. I would like to mention Germany helped Jewish
advance a lot in education etc.
Observant Jews were not allowed into universities.

You have to go back to the 1700's. Jews never use to have last names either.
 
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Deceptive methods
....

Posing as a student interested in this internship, The Electronic Intifada spoke over the phone to a publicist responsible for recruitment.

He explicitly confirmed their intent to use deceptive methods.

Sam Bialosky of the public relations consultancy Miller Ink said, when posting their stories “you wouldn’t directly reference that you’re interning for Israel21c.” Bialosky made it clear to The Electronic Intifada’s undercover reporter: “that would sort of defeat the point of posting it.”

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“What would be your job is to push that article out on social media,” Bialosky explained: “point to this sort of article on a community website, on a message board. Sort of a – ‘oh hey,’ you know, ‘you should look at this, here’s some good information on that.’”

Spin
Bialosky clarified that the goal of the program was not just to plant stories in the tech media, but in other specialist press too: “when a story about autism pops up … we’d like for that article to pop up on, say, I think its Autism Daily Digest.” This was possibly a reference to Autism Asperger’s Digest, a magazine about the neurodevelopmental condition.

Israel tech site paying interns to covertly plant stories in social media The Electronic Intifada

I see.

So this spinal cord injuries thing ...
 
Related news:

An investigation by The Electronic Intifada has revealed that the online publicationIsrael21c is hiring students as “digital ambassadors” to plant its stories in online discussion forums and social media without revealing that they work for the publication.

Israel21c is part of propaganda efforts aimed to improve Israel’s image and distract from Israel’s occupation, abuse and massacres of Palestinians.

Deceptive methods
....

Posing as a student interested in this internship, The Electronic Intifada spoke over the phone to a publicist responsible for recruitment.

He explicitly confirmed their intent to use deceptive methods.

Sam Bialosky of the public relations consultancy Miller Ink said, when posting their stories “you wouldn’t directly reference that you’re interning for Israel21c.” Bialosky made it clear to The Electronic Intifada’s undercover reporter: “that would sort of defeat the point of posting it.”

....

“What would be your job is to push that article out on social media,” Bialosky explained: “point to this sort of article on a community website, on a message board. Sort of a – ‘oh hey,’ you know, ‘you should look at this, here’s some good information on that.’”

Spin
Bialosky clarified that the goal of the program was not just to plant stories in the tech media, but in other specialist press too: “when a story about autism pops up … we’d like for that article to pop up on, say, I think its Autism Daily Digest.” This was possibly a reference to Autism Asperger’s Digest, a magazine about the neurodevelopmental condition.

Israel tech site paying interns to covertly plant stories in social media The Electronic Intifada

I see.

So this spinal cord injuries thing ...
Now who would have thought that this British Muslims plus the wannabe Muslims from there would be reading Electronic Intifada which was started by a Muslim? I guess they would say that Scientific American is being paid to publish about this invention coming out of Israel. I hope these British Muslims and wannabe Muslims from Britain who hate the Jews and Israel never use anything which comes out of Israel that might help them medically if they ever need it.

Robotic Exoskeleton Gets First-Ever FDA Approval - Scientific American
 
Don't see why they shouldn't.

Even hell produces good industrial sulphur.
Sounds like you have been to hell. Did the Devil gives you those horns himself but kicked you out because you were too lazy to shovel the coal for him and he told you would be more worthwhile to him posting nonsense on some forums. I am amused by these hypocrites always bashing Israel when they would be the first in line to use anything coming out of Israel if they had a condition where an Israeli medical product would help them?
 
First in line?
No. If I have to queue, I would go to a better organised supplier.

I know this will be difficult for a grumpy old man like the one you play here Hoss, but the world is a complex and wondrous place. International trade and millions of components contributing to goods and services means that hundreds of nations will be represented some way or another in many products.

Your hope to claim that one touch of an Israel or Jewish contribution to something therefore makes it forbidden to those who recognise Israel's evil is a red herring.

And, Hoss. I eat red herrings like the one you served up, for breakfast. Usually smoked. :)
 
First in line?
No. If I have to queue, I would go to a better organised supplier.

I know this will be difficult for a grumpy old man like the one you play here Hoss, but the world is a complex and wondrous place. International trade and millions of components contributing to goods and services means that hundreds of nations will be represented some way or another in many products.

Your hope to claim that one touch of an Israel or Jewish contribution to something therefore makes it forbidden to those who recognise Israel's evil is a red herring.

And, Hoss. I eat red herrings like the one you served up, for breakfast. Usually smoked. :)
You really are such a phony. If there was something which came out of Israel that would improve your health or even save your life, you or any of your other anti-Semitic friends would not turn it down no matter how much you might protest on this forum. Meanwhile, Mr. Anti-Semite, the evil is coming from your friends in the other Middle East countries. Since you are a wannabe Muslim (or could even have converted by now) given your hatred of the Jews, you don't feel it is necessary to follow what they are doing. This makes you an abettor to what is really evil. By the way, no one cares what you eat for breakfast or how many times you get down on your prayer rug each day for practice.
 
You are the one who claims Jews have a finger in every pie Hoss. You are the Anti-Semite. And as you know, Zionism, in doing its best to associate Judaism to all of Zionism's crimes is the most Anti-Semite organisation going.

I have no issue with using Israel product. I thought I made that clear.
I will also boycott all Israeli products that will cause more issues for the supplier than for me. Your argument that I shouldn't is facetious. You seem to be a bit slow, so I am sure I have to remind you of this a few times more before it sinks in.

However, your hope that Israel produces some sort of wonder cure for all the ailments of man make you sound like a snake-oil salesman.

Jews are not evil. Nor fantastic. Well they are both, and neither. Because THEY ARE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE. Your attempt to portray them as one generic type is just an expression of your obvious racism, Hoss.

So, I hate Zionism. Given the chance to know some personally, I would probably hate some Zionists. But I would like some of them too. But it is the political body that is hateful, not the individuals.

As to Jews, very many of them are anti-Zionists. Some I like. Some I dislike. Some I might hate - though I haven't found one yet that I do. But I really appreciate their politics and have great respect for them.

Non-political Jews are - here this may be a surprise for you Hoss - the same as other people.

God, this is boring. Its like trying to teach a 2 year old to 7 year old lessons.
Please Hoss, would you try to present your character here as a little less stupid, and a little less 'remedial class'.

Thank you.
 
You are the one who claims Jews have a finger in every pie Hoss. You are the Anti-Semite. And as you know, Zionism, in doing its best to associate Judaism to all of Zionism's crimes is the most Anti-Semite organisation going.

I have no issue with using Israel product. I thought I made that clear.
I will also boycott all Israeli products that will cause more issues for the supplier than for me. Your argument that I shouldn't is facetious. You seem to be a bit slow, so I am sure I have to remind you of this a few times more before it sinks in.

However, your hope that Israel produces some sort of wonder cure for all the ailments of man make you sound like a snake-oil salesman.

Jews are not evil. Nor fantastic. Well they are both, and neither. Because THEY ARE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE. Your attempt to portray them as one generic type is just an expression of your obvious racism, Hoss.

So, I hate Zionism. Given the chance to know some personally, I would probably hate some Zionists. But I would like some of them too. But it is the political body that is hateful, not the individuals.

As to Jews, very many of them are anti-Zionists. Some I like. Some I dislike. Some I might hate - though I haven't found one yet that I do. But I really appreciate their politics and have great respect for them.

Non-political Jews are - here this may be a surprise for you Hoss - the same as other people.

God, this is boring. Its like trying to teach a 2 year old to 7 year old lessons.
Please Hoss, would you try to present your character here as a little less stupid, and a little less 'remedial class'.

Thank you.
Unadulterated drivel, Beelzeboob.
 
Ah. Such wit and lucidity!

I have clearly underrated you Hoss. ;)
And such stupidity on your part into thinking you are hiding your anti-Semitism when it is out in the open for everyone to see. You can hate Zionism all you want to (most Jew haters claim that anyway), and I can hate the fact that people outside of Israel in the rest of the Middle East are being murdered for their religious beliefs. I doubt a good Jew hater such as you who has been so busy on this particular forum has no interest in this at all.
 

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