Darek Fidyka

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Paralyzed Man Darek Fidyka Walks Again After Pioneering Surgery

Ben Quinn | The Guardian | October 14, 2014

Medical team regrow cells of patient’s severed spine in breakthrough that offers hope to millions with disability. A man who was completely paralysed from the waist down can walk again after a British-funded surgical breakthrough which offers hope to millions of people who are disabled by spinal cord injuries. Polish surgeons used nerve-supporting cells from the nose of Darek Fidyka, a Bulgarian man who was injured four years ago, to provide pathways along which the broken tissue was able to grow...

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