Stem Cell "Teabag" Heals Stroke Victim In England

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Daily Mail   |   December 3, 2008 10:43 AM


Doctors have used a revolutionary stem cell treatment to restore the power of speech for a stroke victim.

Walter Bast also regained the use of his right arm after the operation to place a 'teabag' of drug-producing stem cells in his brain.

Speaking a week after the operation - the first of its kind in the world - he said: 'I feel a lucky guy.'

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Doctors have used a revolutionary stem cell treatment to restore the power of speech for a stroke victim. Walter Bast also regained the use of his right arm after the operation to place a 'teabag' ...
Doctors have used a revolutionary stem cell treatment to restore the power of speech for a stroke victim. Walter Bast also regained the use of his right arm after the operation to place a 'teabag' ...
 
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