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TAU Breakthrough Offers New Hope to Help People With Paralysis Walk Again | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv University

14 April 2022 - In a worldwide first, Tel Aviv University researchers have engineered 3D human spinal cord tissues and implanted them in a lab model with long-term chronic paralysis, demonstrating high rates of success in restoring walking abilities. Now, the researchers are preparing for the next stage of ...

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In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord | The Times of Israel

1 day ago - With Health Ministry okay, Tel Aviv University prof will perform surgery that will mark the first time pieces of spine are engineered from human cells and then transplanted