Researchers say a 2012 cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again . The patient was able to move his legs and arms after the surgery in China last year. Researchers say , two years on , the patient can walk with a Zimmer frame -- or walker . `` The underlying idea is 'can we get something out of an area where repair works and transfer it into an area where repair does n't work and will it then cause a repair ? . ' '' Darek Fidyka said the feeling of recovering the ability to walk was `` as if you were born again ''
Researchers say a 2012 cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again . The patient was able to move his legs and arms after the surgery in China last year. Researchers say , two years on , the patient can walk with a Zimmer frame -- or walker . Darek Fidyka said the feeling of recovering the ability to walk was `` as if you were born again ''