{"id":190652,"date":"2018-11-11T06:35:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190652"},"modified":"2018-11-10T22:44:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T04:44:03","slug":"10-years-walk-stem-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/10-years-walk-stem-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Man couldn’t walk for 10 years – but his own stem cells changed everything"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A breakthrough treatment using a patient’s own stem cells has given a British man a new lease on life. Roy Palmer of Gloucester, England has multiple sclerosis, or MS, and for ten years, was unable to control his legs. MS causes the immune system to destroy the protective covering of the body’s nerves, and therefore, stops communication between the brain and the body. It can impair vision, balance, and movement. However, Palmer is not only walking again — he is dancing his way through life, and a video of him “flossing” is making its way around social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An experimental treatment know as HSCT, or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, is helping some people with MS to walk again. Palmer saw news of the treatment on a BBC show called Panorama, in which two people entered the hospital in wheelchairs and left the hospital walking. He and his wife immediately cried, and Palmer knew he wanted to try the new treatment.<\/p>\n

“If they can have that done, on a trial, why can’t I have it done?” Palmer said in a video for BBC.<\/p>\n

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