Spinal injured social worker has hopes for new researchRSS Feed

A man with a spinal injury who works as a social worker, helping others with the condition, has hope that current research will enable paralysed patients to leave their wheelchairs behind.

Brandon Sulser sustained a spinal injury when he was on a family holiday at the age of 18, ABC 4 News reports.

He studied at college to become a social worker in a rehabilitation unit and said that he and his patients have their fingers crossed that current research by Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) will provide a treatment for their condition.

The centre is researching changes to the organ system shortly after spinal cord injury occurs.

Speaking to the news provider, Ben Briggs, a clinical researcher at IMC, said: "It will give us really useful information for new treatments in the future."

Earlier this week, the Times of India reported that a man had regained reflexes and sensation after receiving stem cell therapy for his spinal injury.

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