{"id":187963,"date":"2024-04-23T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/man-who-was-paralyzed-from-the-neck-down-can-walk-again-thanks-to-miracle-treatment"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:23:43","slug":"man-who-was-paralyzed-from-the-neck-down-can-walk-again-thanks-to-miracle-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/man-who-was-paralyzed-from-the-neck-down-can-walk-again-thanks-to-miracle-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Was Paralyzed From The Neck Down Can Walk Again Thanks To Miracle Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Ig5ZZif48s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Years ago, a man paralyzed in a surfing accident was able to walk again after undergoing a revolutionary stem cell treatment. Now, he says that his mobility has only continued to improve! Chris Barr was one out of only 10 people to undergo this experimental treatment in a study by the Mayo Clinic. It\u2019s safe to say that the procedure was a success for this patient!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never dreamed I would have a recovery like this,\u201d Chris said, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/wellness\/story\/paralyzed-man-walk-shows-potential-benefit-stem-cell-108709237?userab=abcn_web_article_ts-208*variant_b-776%2Cabcn_mobileweb_article_ep-176*variant_c-815\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Good Morning America<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Before receiving care, Chris was paralyzed from the neck down, making it unlikely that he would ever walk again. However, a new stem cell treatment from the Mayo Clinic offered hope. He would be the first to try it, with incredible results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, a man paralyzed in a surfing accident was able to walk again after undergoing a revolutionary stem cell treatment. Now, he says that his mobility has only continued to improve! Chris Barr was one out of only 10 people to undergo this experimental treatment in a study by the Mayo Clinic. It\u2019s safe [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}