A disabled Waltham Abbey resident has spoken of the pioneering therapy that allowed a paralysed man to be able to walk again after transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord.
Vernon Gurtner speaks out on the importance of the discovery that could have an impact on paralysed people everywhere.
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