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Spinal Breakthrough

Postby annie » 21 Oct 2014, 08:22

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It is a moment I will always remember. On a warm summer's day in Wroclaw, Poland, Darek Fidyka walked across a bridge, using only a frame for support.

This had been his dream for four years, after he was paralysed in a knife attack. Now, after a transplant of cells taken from his nasal cavity, it had become reality.

He is the world's first patient to receive the groundbreaking treatment.

Behind those few steps lay the extraordinary efforts of a group of scientists, surgeons and fundraisers in Britain and Poland.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29686709
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Re: Spinal Breakthrough

Postby maureenho » 21 Oct 2014, 09:50

That is amazing, it could transform many people's lives in the future  go90
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Re: Spinal Breakthrough

Postby JaneJ » 21 Oct 2014, 17:51

How incredible

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Re: Spinal Breakthrough

Postby Honey » 22 Oct 2014, 00:03

Watched this on the lunchtime news
it is wonderful go90
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