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Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells

Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement.
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  1. Smriti Mallapaty

A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal-cord injury. The Japanese man was one of four individuals in a first-of-its-kind trial that used reprogrammed stem cells to treat people who are paralysed.

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Nature 640, 18-19 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00863-0

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