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Ethical stem cell miracle

A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord, it was reported in late October.

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Mr Fidyka walking with a frame | photo: BBC

Darek Fidyka, who was paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack in 2010, can now walk using a frame. The treatment, a world first, was carried out by surgeons in Poland in collaboration with London scientists.