Of course we will need to see this replicated and it is early days but this is definatively a move in the right direction.
On the down side I wonder how many quack sites will spring up offering OEC. However this is not a simple procedure.
Perhaps a cut is the best thing to try and heal first. As you know a sharp cut leaves a nice scar whereas a blunt damage does not. The challenge for MS is greater becuase you have an ongoing disease process and multiple sites of damage. However the fact that this approach was started many months after the injury leaves me with alot more optimism. However, this has involved a lot of hard work but the recipient and his rehabilitation has been ongoing for 2 years..so remember it may not be a quick fix, but that this work suggests that nerves can have plasticity.
I remember when Geoff was presenting his inaugural lecture at Queen Square and watching his injured rats climb ladders. I saw that his funding was largely from charities and not central government. It is through this support, that breakthroughs are possible and so keep up the good work...Research needs you!
It will be some time before this treatment becomes standard practice but a giant stride forward, so well done to all those involved notably the Polish Team.
For those of you in the UK and countries that get the BBC on television. More of this story (To Walk Again) will be presented tonight on Panorama on BBC Once (except Wales) at 22.35. In Wales you have to wait until 23.05