Israeli scientists to perform the world’s first human spinal cord transplant surgery

Tel Aviv University is preparing the first human spinal cord implant trial, offering hope for people paralyzed by injury.

For generations, paralysis from a damaged spinal cord has been seen as permanent. Once the nerves were injured, the signals carrying movement from the brain to the body were lost forever.

But scientists at Tel Aviv University believe they may have found a way to change that. Their research has produced a lab-grown spinal cord implant that could help people who can no longer walk regain movement. The world’s first human trials are now scheduled for this year.

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