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Press cutting: Charity's hopes for paralysis treatment
22 February 2007
A charity set up in memory of a Keynsham Rugby Club player is helping to fund research into a new stem cell treatment which could reverse some of the effects of paralysis.
Paul-Andre Blundell was paralysed from the neck down after a tackle during a game of rugby six years ago. …
Since the accident his family and friends have raised almost £250,000 through the PA Trust. …
They are using the money to fund pioneering work that takes living stem cells from deep inside the nose and implants them into the patient's damaged spinal cord to encourage regrowth.
Because the cells are the patient's own, there would be no threat of rejection.
The first set of human trials are expected to start this summer and the charity hopes that by the end of the decade, some disabled people could be given greater movement. …
The PA Trust donates around £50,000 a year to a London research unit, which is around 10 per cent of its running costs. …
The charity funds the work of Professor Geoff Raisman at the UCL Spinal Repair Unit. …
'Bristol Evening Post'
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