New Treatment Enables Paralysed Dog to Walk

Pioneering treatment developed by a group of scientists at Cambridge University in the UK, has enabled Henry, a Miniature Daschund who became paralysed after rupturing discs in his spine, to walk again.

It is now hoped that similar treatment could be further developed to treat not just dogs but also humans with all kinds of spinal injuries.

Henry's owner Sarah Beech is overjoyed, after initially being told by vets that Henry would never walk again.

The treatment involved Henry having cells harvested from his nose and injected back into his spine.

Although just starting to walk, Henry is eventually expected to make a full recovery.