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Paralysed people could walk again thanks to newly created 3D spinal cord implants

A scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first. The 3D implants, made using human cells, had an 80% success rate in restoring the ability to walk in ...

07 Feb 2022 at 17:34

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Donegal patients with Spinal Cord Injury support all for medical cards to be provided on a permanent basis

Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) is hosting a meeting in Letterkenny next week to provide public representatives with a better understanding of the issues that local people living with a Spinal Cord Injury are facing on a daily basis. The ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:33

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Do you want to take on a unique challenge that could transform your life?

A unique and potentially life-changing therapy that could transform a person suffering from a disability is coming to Donegal The No Barriers Foundation in Letterkenny is inviting people in the community to benefit from free walking ...

13 Jun 2022 at 23:33

Scientists create spinal cord implants that could allow paralysed people to walk

07 Feb 2022 at 09:25

Spinal cord implant helps man with Parkinson’s walk

A 63-year-old man who has been living with Parkinson’s disease for nearly three decades is able to leave the house alone again thanks to a spinal cord implant that has helped to improve his walking. Marc Gauthier was forced to ...

06 Nov 2023 at 18:22

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I was fine one week, the next I was in hospital: Mum left paralysed after sore back turned out to be spinal abscess

A mum who woke up with a sore back then a week later was in hospital being treated for an abscess in her spinal column which left her paralysed is now set to climb Mount Snowdon in her wheelchair despite there being “few ...

30 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Tiny wraparound implants ‘represent new approach for spinal cord injuries’

A tiny, flexible electronic implant that wraps around the spinal cord could offer new ways to treat disability and paralysis-causing spinal injuries, a new study suggests. The devices have been developed by a team of ...

08 May 2024 at 19:00

New brain technology helps paralysed man with severe spine injury walk again

A man paralysed in a bicycle accident more than a decade ago has regained the ability to stand and walk naturally, using technology developed by researchers in Switzerland. Neuroscientists at the Ecole Polytechnique ...

24 May 2023 at 16:00

Health

Paralysed mum and Ukrainian refugee she sponsors ‘expand world’ by climbing Snowdon in wheelchairs

A paralysed mum and the Ukrainian refugee she sponsors and lives with, who also has a spinal cord injury, have climbed Snowdon in their wheelchairs to raise £31,000 for charity in an “adrenaline-pumping” adventure ...

25 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Student overcomes severe spinal injury to graduate with first class degree

A student who suffered a serious spinal cord injury leaving him with chronic pain that threatened his career has graduated from university. Archie Wills-Johnson, 22, was a year into his biology degree when he ...

16 Jul 2025 at 06:39

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Woman who ‘partially decapitated’ herself after diving into pool and breaking neck on holiday ready for London Marathon

A young professional who “partially decapitated” herself after diving into a pool and breaking her neck on holiday has said she feels “fortunate” to be alive. Becca Reed, 25, who lives in London and works in ...

25 Apr 2025 at 00:01

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Fit young man, 27, whose legs suddenly felt ‘weak and wobbly’ now paralysed after surgery on rare spine abnormality

A fit young man who suddenly noticed his legs felt “weak” and “wobbly” has been left paralysed from the waist down after having surgery for a rare spinal abnormality. Matt Partington, 27, who lived in ...

30 Dec 2024 at 06:30

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