For the first time a cell transplantation treatment has allowed a man paralysed from the chest down to get up from his wheelchair and walk. The pioneering therapy takes the regenerative cells that repair and renew our sense of smell, and uses them to form new connections to form in the damaged spinal cord. Thanks to this, 40-year old Darek Fidyka from Poland, who suffered his injuries after a knife attack, can now walk using a frame.bbc/future/story/20141222-the-man-trying-to-rewire-history
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 03:09:04 +0000
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