• Dariusz "Darek" Fidyka (born c. 1974) is a Polish firefighter and recovering paraplegic who became the first person in history to verifiably recover sensory...
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    cord of a Polish man named Darek Fidyka, who was the survivor of a knife attack that left him paraplegic in 2010. In 2014, Fidyka underwent pioneering spinal...
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  • (after five days), and some show a benefit to earlier surgery. In 2014 Darek Fidyka underwent pioneering spinal surgery that used nerve grafts, from his...
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    the treatment of spinal cord injuries. The restoration of mobility to Darek Fidyka, a Polish paraplegic man, used research by Mackay-Sim. Mackay-Sim received...
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  • who is known for prepared and performing the operation that allowed Darek Fidyka to recover sensory and motor function after the complete severing of...
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  • Darek Fidyka, with paraplegia of the spinal cord, underwent a procedure, which involved extracting olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) from Fidyka's olfactory...
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    cases to enable walking to some degree bypassing the injury. In 2014, Darek Fidyka underwent pioneering spinal surgery that used nerve grafts, from his...
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    damaged axons can be repaired. In October 2014, the Polish firefighter Darek Fidyka became the first paraplegic patient to regain mobility after OEC transplantation...
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  • severed, restoring the damaged spinal cord of the Polish paraplegic Darek Fidyka. "RAISMAN, Prof. Geoffrey". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University...
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    called NT3, scientists have restored lost hearing in mice. 21 October – Darek Fidyka, a paralysed Polish man, becomes the first in the world to walk again...
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