When nerves of the spinal column are re-attached and/or grow together (correct alignment), they apparently still fail to pass signals.
I have wondered, if a patient with failed nerves to his legs, who attempted to craw, might cause the “circuit breakers” to be brought back to life.
I have been disappointed to hear (from one “expert”), that “there are certain genes which control development” . . . of nerves, when we are young, and those genes (involved in the development of the nerve circuits - such as to our limbs) apparently go into permanent retirement in our youth.
My hope is, that a way to flip whatever gene needs to be ON, to that ON position, will lead to a sequence of “turning the lights ON.”
Maybe attempting to crawl, will ring some bell. I wonder. I hope.
Now, wondering what you think of that idea?
There are ways for some genes(as far as we know) that are turned on(expressed) or turned off(suppressed)...there are chemical entities which can do this...different genes are turned on and off during embryogenesis depending on what the cell is going to be...amazing thing...most cells have the same complement of genes and chromosomes, but different parts of the genome are turned on or off to differentiate that cell to become a specific cell at a specific time. it is basically a 4d process...right info, right expression/suppression, right position in space, right timing. As soon as we unravel all the cues which set these processes in motion we may hope for some rejuvenation of damaged tissue...for now, we can try something’s and hope we discover something that works...but we cannot advance much further since knowledge is rascist!