Paralyzed man walks, thanks to pioneering cell transplanation

Darek Fidyka, who was paralyzed from the chest down following a knife attack, can now walk, using a frame, thanks to a pioneering cell transplantation treatment developed by scientists at University College London and applied by surgeons at Wroclaw University Hospital, Poland. The technique, developed by UK research team leader Professor Geoff Raisman, Chair of Neural Regeneration at the UCL Institute of Neurology, involved implanting olfactory ensheathing cells from the brain in the spinal cord.

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