After four years in bed, a man who had lost the movement of more than half of her body, able to walk again thanks to a new cell transplant treatment of your nasal cavity to the spinal cord.
Darek Fidyka In 2010, a Bulgarian man who then was 34 years old, was attacked repeatedly in the back with a knife. As a result of aggression, Fidyka his spinal cord was cut in two, losing the sensitivity of his body from the chest down.
Since then the patient had undergone various treatments, all unsuccessful, to regain feeling in part of his body paralyzed. In 2012 Fidyka started an experimental treatment that had the support of researchers from the Institute of Neurology at University College London and doctors at University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, with the result that, four years after the attack that fell on a bed, Darek was finally able to walk again with the aid of a support.
After four years in bed, a man who had lost the movement of more than half of her body, able to walk again thanks to a new cell transplant treatment of your nasal cavity to the spinal cord.
Darek Fidyka In 2010, a Bulgarian man who then was 34 years old, was attacked repeatedly in the back with a knife. As a result of aggression, Fidyka his spinal cord was cut in two, losing the sensitivity of his body from the chest down.
Since then the patient had undergone various treatments, all unsuccessful, to regain feeling in part of his body paralyzed. In 2012 Fidyka started an experimental treatment that had the support of researchers from the Institute of Neurology at University College London and doctors at University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, with the result that, four years after the attack that fell on a bed, Darek was finally able to walk again with the aid of a support.
The explanation of the operation in a graphical released by the BBC
The explanation of the operation in a graphical released by the BBC
The research made possible the start of the recovery of Derek Fidyka was conducted by the professor and researcher English Geoffrey Reisman, who since 1985 has studied the cells of the olfactory ensheathing glia (OEC, for its acronym in English), which is They found in the nose, which have an enormous capacity for nerve regeneration. Polish Pawel Tabakov neurosurgeon leaned on research and collaboration Reisman for transplanting cells OEC Fidyka his spinal cord.
In the first operation which was subjected to the patient, it was extracted one of the olfactory bulbs, thanks to this it was possible to grow the CSG cells, which were introduced through microinjection into the spinal cord of Fidyka a few weeks after the first surgery.
In a third surgery will nervous extracted ankle that was transplanted bone beside her, to serve as a support cell renewal while producing tissue. Three months later Fidyka realized that the operation was successful when he felt the muscle of his left leg began to grow. Six months after the third intervention Bulgarian could already take small steps with the help of a support and care for their physical therapists.
television program BBC Panorama , Fidyka can now drive your car and move with the help of a walker. Furthermore, also partially he recovered sensations in the intestine, bladder and sexual functions.
Scientists do not yet know if Fidyka is an exceptional patient (apparently the first to regain mobility after having severed the spine), or if the treatment can be replicated and help other people with paralysis. For now, both Geoffrey Reisman as Pawel Tabakov are seeking funds to achieve operating OEC cells treatment in ten patients with spinal cord problems, before we can say whether his speech will always get stimulate the regeneration of this part of the body.
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