Functional recovery of chronic paraplegic pigs after autologous transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells.

Background.Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) transplantation offers promise in the treatment of chronic paraplegia in rodents. Here, we report the effect of this cell therapy in adult pigs suffering chronic paraplegia.Methods.Three months after spinal cord injury, autologous BMSC in autologous plasma