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Superhero fan, 11, whose internal organs are being crushed by a 90 degree curve in his spine needs urgent surgery to make him ‘strong like Wolverine’

The adoring parents of an 11-year-old boy with a shocking neuromuscular disorder whose internal organs are being crushed by a 90 degree curve in his spine desperately need to raise £50,000 for surgery he says will make him “like Wolverine.” British ...

25 Feb 2022 at 08:25

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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

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

07 Feb 2022 at 09:25

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Family appeal for help as teen girl confined to wheelchair following ‘life-changing’ car crash

Friends and family of Emma Flanagan from Cortown, Kells, Co Meath have issued an appeal for support after the teenage girl sustained 'life-changing' injuries from a horror car crash. The crash, which happened while 17 year-old Emma was ...

10 Jul 2024 at 11:33

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Family appeal for help as teen girl confined to wheelchair following ‘life-changing’ car crash

10 Jul 2024 at 11:33

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Family appeal for help as teen girl confined to wheelchair following ‘life-changing’ car crash

10 Jul 2024 at 09:56

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Fitness instructor with scoliosis raises £500 for tattoo of bolts in her collapsing spine to ‘stop the bullying’

A fitness instructor “severely deformed” by scoliosis has raised £500 to get a tattoo on her back of the metalwork in her collapsing spine and “stop the bullying” she endures. Laura Ellis, a 37-year-old who lives in ...

22 Jul 2024 at 06:30

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Former Paralympic horse rider faces paralysis due to ‘crumbling’ spine but would not change his time at top of his sport

A former Paralympic horse rider faces the prospect of paralysis due to his “crumbling” spine, but he would not change the time he spent at the top of his sport. Ricky Balshaw, 38, from Telford, Shropshire was ...

20 Jan 2025 at 06:30

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Mum found with large spinal cord tumour after 10 years of back pain will have to walk down the aisle on crutches

A mother who spent 10 years complaining of back pain before a large tumour was discovered growing inside her spinal cord will walk down the aisle on crutches at her wedding. Julie Coleman, 33, who lives in ...

12 May 2025 at 06:30

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Grandfather, 69, recalls ‘scariest moment of my life’ when collapsing in the bathroom left him paralysed from neck down

A 69-year-old grandfather from East Yorkshire has rekindled his passion for cycling after a freak accident on his son’s stag weekend left him paralysed from the neck down, with doctors fearing he would ...

13 Nov 2025 at 06:30

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