AFTER STEM-CELL TRANSPLANT, MAN WITH MS ABLE TO WALK, DANCE
'I haven't felt that in 10 years. It's a miracle'
(CBS News) For a decade, Roy Palmer had no control of his legs. The man from Gloucester, England, had multiple sclerosis, or MS, which results in the body’s immune system eating away at the protective covering of nerves, disrupting communication between the brain and the body.
Palmer had no feeling in his legs and used a wheelchair. But last year, he received a life-changing treatment that restored his ability to walk — and dance — again, the BBC reports. The dad first heard of the treatment, called HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation), on the BBC program, “Panorama.”
“Two people on that program went into Sheffield Hospital in wheelchairs and they both came out walking,” Palmer said.
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/after-stem-cell-transplant-man-with-ms-able-to-walk-dance/#lvJf8fqfjYIOyP4p.99
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