

Spinal cord injuries, when not fatal, can leave humans and animals paralyzed. That’s because all-important nerve fibers often cannot grow back once severed. Now German researchers have engineered a designer protein to fix the previously thought unfixable.
God created the human body to operate by signals carried from the brain through a complex web of nerve fibers. Nerves transmit information between muscles and the brain. Brain and spinal cord injuries—often caused by sports or traffic accidents—can damage those fibers. Before now, researchers have considered severely damaged nerves irreversible in mammals.
During His time on Earth, Jesus made the lame walk. When He healed the paralyzed man lowered from a rooftop, He did so by simply saying, “Take your mat and go home.” (Luke 5:17-26)
Humans don’t have that power. But God did give humans the ability to research and experiment. He gave them curiosity and persistence. Now humans may have finally found a way to heal paralysis with so-called “designer proteins.” Scientists engineer these protein molecules in a lab for treating disease. In an experiment, they’ve re-established a neural (nerve) link and helped mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries walk again.
A team at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany stimulated paralyzed nerve cells in lab mice. The researchers injected a designer protein into the brains of mice whose spinal cords had complete cross-sectional severing. This treatment placed genetic information carriers inside the brains. The carriers “told” the brains to produce another protein called hyper-interleukin-6, according to the university’s website. The injured nerves grew. They restored themselves to health and function.
The rodents surprised team leader Dietmar Fischer. After two or three weeks of treatment, the paralyzed mice started walking. “We didn’t expect that,” he says.
Fischer says that “with a relatively small intervention, we stimulate a very large number of nerves to regenerate.” He believes this is why the rodents can walk again.
Fischer’s team is currently studying whether the treatment can be improved. The group is cautiously optimistic however. “Results or treatments that you develop in mice can normally not one-to-one transfer to human beings,” Fischer says. “We also have to see if our method works on larger mammals.”
He mentions dogs, pigs, and monkeys as examples. “Then, if it works there, we would have to make sure that the therapy is safe for humans. But that,” Fischer warns, “will certainly take many, many years”—unlike an all-powerful spoken word from the Creator.
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This is amazing! Jesus must be working through these people!
Wow!!!
Wow!!! Thats amazing! I love rats and rodents :). Just lost our hamster:(. Hopefully it works!
@Scarlett R
I'm thinking about getting a hamster. Any advice?
@Kiara
Well if you're looking for a more gentle breed, go with Teddy Bear hamsters. Females are usually a bit more gentle with kids. Hamsters may seem unfriendly at first when you buy them, but they calm down once they're tamer and more used to you. Also, get a rat cage for your new ham ham. Hamster cages are way too small! Hope that helps you!.
@Scarlett R
Thanks!! :-)
Janna (Daniel's sister) @Kiara J
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This is pretty cool,
This is pretty cool, hopefully soon they can adapt it for humans.
@Kiara J
Wow!! That's so cool!! I hope it works on bigger animals and eventually humans. @Kiara, IDK if I'm too late to give advice, but have you considered other rodents? (Not trying to change your mind if you're set on a hamster). I've never owned a hamster, but gerbils can be pretty fun too! I have 5 (yes, I know that's a lot) and they are all really friendly and personable! (Just my opinion, remember to research any pet you decide to get.)
awesome
can not beleive they did that
@Family P
Gerbils? Thats cool. Wow, you have a lot! (I used to have eight chickens and a hamster so I can't blame you.) Pets are awesome!
@ Kiara
Teddy Bear hamsters are the best! I've had 9 before,
@Scarlett R
Neato! We're trying to decide what kind of chickens to get... have any suggestions?? My sister is really set on having chicks, and she wants a friendly breed. We were thinking about maybe Buff Orpingtons.
WOAH!
This is sooo cool! I never thought we would get this far!
Amazing!
That is incredible! I hope people can take that soon!!!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
if I ever get paralyzed I'm not going to jump at the idea of an injection to the brain
M.A
Cool
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
The mouse is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute! I want one!
Sadly, my mom doesn't let me get rodents. O.O
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