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The breakthrough that could help paralysed people walk: Experts repair a spinal cord and restore movement using stem cells

Published: 4 April 2016

Researchers in the field have been looking to stem cells as a tool to reconnect the severed lines of sensory communication between the body and the brain for years.

And now, a team of scientists has successfully used stem cell grafts to regrow tissue in the severed spinal cord of a rat, inching ever closer to a treatment for debilitating spinal cord injuries in humans.

Scientists have successfully used neural stem cell grafts to repair the severed spinal cord of a rat, and re-establish connections between the nerve cells in the spine and the rat's brain