Brandon Harmison – SCI Stem Cell Patient
Brandon is a Californian in China for stem cells. After a motorcycle accident damaged his spine Brandon has struggled to improve what function he still has. Stem cells are working to pull him along.
References
- Eva Sykova, Alesˇ Homola, Radim Mazanec et al. Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Cell Transplantation, Vol. 15, pp. 675–687, 2006.
- Karina T. Wright, Wagih El Masri, Aheed Osman et al. Bone Marrow for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms and Clinical Application. 10.1002/stem.stem.570.
- Sheng-Li Hu; Hai-Shui Luo; Jiang-Tao Li. Functional recovery in acute traumatic spinal cord injury after transplantation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Crit Care Med 2010 Vol. 38, No. 11.
- Fukuki Saito, MD, Toshio Nakatani, MD, Masaaki Iwase et al. Spinal Cord Injury Treatment With Intrathecal Autologous Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplantation: The First Clinical Trial Case Report J Trauma. 2008;64:53–59.
- Karen Minassian, Ursula Hofstoetter, Keith Tansey, Winfried Mayra. Neuromodulation of lower limb motor control in restorative neurology.
