Cell transplant enables paralyzed man to walk again

A new treatment has allowed Darek Fidyka to take his first steps after being paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a knife attack In 2010, Darek Fidyka was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a knife attack that left an 8 mm gap in his spinal column. Now surgeons in Poland, working in collaboration with scientists in London, have given Fidyka the ability to walk again thanks to a new procedure using transplanted cells from his olfactory bulbs.

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