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Pawel Tabakow

Darek Fidyka

For the first time ever, a surgery regrows spinal cord nerves — and lets this man walk again

Medicine

Repairing spinal cord injuries and restoring movement to a paralyzed person has been the subject of intense research for decades — but success has always seemed out of reach. Now a new type of surgery has allowed a Polish man to walk again after having been paralyzed.

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