To Walk Again. A Medical Miracle

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This fascinating program explores what could be a turning point in the treatment of paralysis. Repair of the spinal cord - reversing paralysis - is one of the greatest challenges facing medical science. In a world exclusive, the programme follows an international team of scientists as they begin the first tests of a pioneering treatment using the regenerative cells that repair and renew our sense of smell. The programme- makers spent a year filming with the world's first patient to receive the treatment, capturing the extraordinary results that were achieved. Darek Fidyka had been completely paralysed from the chest down following a brutal knife attack. Six months after the surgery the 39 year old man was able to take his first tentative steps along parallel bars. Two years on he can walk outside the rehabilitation centre using only a frame.