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A country western singer/writer who is also paralyzed did this song "Still Waitin."
Proceeds from it goes towards research.
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Stephen Davies
Davies is exploring methods to remove the glial scar; the barrier to CNS
communication above and below the injury site.
Davies theorizes that once the chronic scar is degraded, it will not return.
This will be important when newer cell-based treatments surface in the future.
Additionally, there is evidence the CNS is constantly trying to regenerate,
therefore, scar removal as a first step could maximize the CNS's ability
to repair itself.
Therefore, the first human trials to arise from Davies’ work will utilize
Decorin as a single modality. Decorin has shown to provide numerous effects
in the acute setting, among these are:
1) appears to be safe, is presently in testing in the cancer research field
2) promotes plasticity
3) desensitizes neurons to their environment
4) degrades the chronic scar (preliminary findings)
5) a human form of Decorin is currently available.
In one of Davies' prior research papers, he achieved 60% regeneration into
the acute lesion and 40% of the 60% grew beyond the lesion site. This is robust.
Davies is trying to achieve this same feat in the chronic cord.
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Davies' work
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