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, 40, 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 can't feel almost half your body, you are helpless, but when it starts coming back it's like you were born again."

Prof Geoff Raisman, chair of neural regeneration at University College London's Institute of Neurology, led the UK research team.

He said what had been achieved was "more impressive than man walking on the Moon".

Originally posted by Shaliydah88

Thank God for medical breakthroughs.

Originally posted by Leppie

Why thank God instead of the hardworking scientists who have dedicated most of their lives to researching and finding a cure? If God really is responsible for medical breakthroughs such as this, what takes him so long? What's he waiting on for other diseases like cancer, AIDS, etc..?

Great news anyway!