Stem cell research is not the only path to a cure for spinal cord injuries; and prolly not even the best path.

Wired News: Hwang Woo-suk No Great Loss: "Young's approach is a five-part combination strategy involving a bridging substrate, growth inhibitor blockers, remyelinating substances, molecules that guide axons to reconnect to their proper targets and something that would entice the axons to grow out of and beyond the bridging substrate. Scientists presented similar strategies recently at the International Spinal Cord Injury Treatments and Trials Symposium in Hong Kong."