A new grand breaking cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again. Polish man, Darek Fidyka had been paralyzed from the chest down after a 2010 knife incident that caused an 8 millimeter gap in his spinal cord. After 13 months of rehabilitation and an 8 month program he was still now showing signs of improvement. Two years after his 2012 cell transplant Fidyka can walk again with the help of a walker.
Scientists at University of London developed olfactory ensheathing cells from the nose transplanted to Fydyka’s spinal cord. Three months after his surgery his thigh cmuscle began to grow and three months after that he began to walk with leg braces. “When you can’t feel almost half your body, you are helpless, but when it starts coming back it’s as if you were born again,” Fidyka said.
This is a very positive impact of technology. Someone who was completely paralyzed from the chest down being able to walk again seems impossible, but with the help of technology this gives people hope. Hope to eventually be able to perform things they couldn’t before.
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