kpvi.com;" A marvel of science has allowed the family of a Michigan boy to see something they never expected: the ten-year-old leading his class down the aisle at church for First Holy Communion. A pacemaker implanted in Nolan Kashat's brain is helping the ten-year-old walk, sit up straight and ride a bike again. Nolan hadn't walked in three years due to dystonia -- a neurological disorder in which muscles contract uncontrollably. He dropped out of regular classes last year because he could no longer sit in his seat. Now, he's re-learning to ride a bike. The sixth-grader is believed to be one of the youngest people in the U-S to undergo a procedure called deep brain stimulation. It's more typically used to treat Parkinson's disease and tremor."
Just when you think that life is a bowl of crap, you read something heart-warming like this. Where a young boy got a second chance at life because of research. And this is also the reason I don't understand why Bush is so against -Stem Research?
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