US Spinal Cord Injury Patient update from Treatment in Portugal

It looks like the Portuguese team have been able to attract a number of young spinal cord injury patients to undergo stem cell therapy with testimonial success. Here's another story of 20 year-old Paul Rudat who is paralyzed from the chest down and now has sensation in his toes. Choose whether you want to believe it or not, but I'm all for improvement in quality of life.

Try and watch the video if you have broadband, you can see the scar where he had the surgery done and the patient himself describes how he has improved. This news is most encouraging but clearly the patient had to be willing to take the necessary steps to initiate his own rehabilitation.