Question
Last week, the sister of my husband workmate broke three cervival vertabrae and  I beleive is on life suport and is sedated. Her family is looking for sources of information about new treatments particularly something called "nogo". I have searched the web and from what I can gather this treatment has not been approved for human use or is in clinical trials. Can you confirm this? Do you know of any web sites that discus new treatments for spinal cord injury?

Thanks

Anna

Answer
Hi.  I checked out the nogo sites also and yes they are in the beginning stages of research but it sounds very promising for future use. I included the addresses to few SCI research pages below so you can check them out.  I can tell you that there are no "treatments" being done on people with SCI in the area of a "cure."  This is something I've been waiting 18 years for. Although they are much much closer today to finding a "treatment" that will work.  Never lose hope in this.

If you have any other SCI questions i'd be glad to answer them.

http://www.spinal-research.org/

http://members.aol.com/scsweb/private/scshome.htm

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