Scientists Repair Rats' Spinal Chord with Stem Cells

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Is it possible that in the distant future, President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, might be viewed as one of the greatest American Presidents?

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It appears that embryonic stem cell research is showing some results. Dr. Douglas Kerr, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, led an experiment that helped partially paralyzed rats walk. Even though the experiment is a breakthrough, Dr. Kerr warned that this is just the very beginning: 'This is an important first step, but it really is a first step, a proof of principle that ... you can rewire part of the nervous system.'

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