Chris Barr went surfing at Ocean Beach and broke his neck in eight places. He was paralyzed from the down. But after a stem cell trial, Barr is walking again.
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An experimental and controversial stem cell transplant, which aims to treat traumatic spinal cord injury, has shown promising new results in a phase I clinical trial.
A man who was paralyzed from the neck down after a surfing accident seven years ago is now able to stand and walk on his own, thanks in part to a potentially groundbreaking stem cell treatment. Chris Barr was the very first patient in a Mayo Clinic study that collected stem cells from his own stomach fat, expanded them in a laboratory to 100 million cells and then injected the cells into Barr's lumbar spine. "I never dreamed I would have a recovery like this," Barr told ABC News' Will Reeve.