Olfactory bulb cells transplanted enable paraplegic to regain motor and sensory function of legs || Physio Newsupdate 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. 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 scientists in London. BBC Ones Panorama programme had unique access to the project and spent a year charting the patients rehabilitation. Darek Fidyka, 40, from Poland, was paralysed after being stabbed repeatedly in the back in the 2010 attack. He said walking again - with the support of a frame - was an incredible feeling, adding: When you cant feel almost half your body, you are helpless, but when it starts coming back its like you were born again. Prof Geoff Raisman, chair of neural regeneration at University College Londons Institute of Neurology, led the UK research team. He said what had been achieved was more impressive than man walking on the moon. Watch this paralysed man walk again after a pioneering new treatment - a world first. This is more impressive than man walking on the Moon bbc.in/10gFdgr Read more: isci.is/Internationaldatabase/DatabaseTableofContents/1CellTransplantation/12OlfactoryTissueCellTransplantation/ Follow my page & find out more about fitness/rehabilitation at: Ong Lip Qin Physiotherapist, NASM CES, ACE or https://facebook/onglipqinbpt For performance and athletic training tips on strength and conditioning feel free to follow my IG at #ThePhysioGuy : instagram/thephysioguy
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:00:01 +0000
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