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Australian Quadriplegic Thanks Maverick Indian Stem Cell Doctor for Ability to Breathe

A man who is paralyzed from the neck down says he can now breathe on his own after having controversial embryonic stem cell treatment in India.

Perry Cross is the most high-profile patient to have traveled to India to be injected with the cells - which are banned in his own country Australia and most of the West.

He was left a quadriplegic after being injured playing rugby when just 19 years old and has no movement below his neck.  

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Published Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:18 AM by clementlawyer

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James Clement is currently the Owner of Betterhumans.com. James is also the Executive Director of the World Transhumanist Association, and the President of the InnerSpace Foundation.
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