Groundbreaking Surgery Enables Boy with Spina Bifida to Walk

A three-year-old boy born with spina bifida, a severe spinal abnormality, underwent groundbreaking stem cell surgery in the womb, becoming able to walk. Tobi Maginnis is the second baby to have the defect repaired before birth using stem cells from the placenta. The successful procedure, part of a world-first clinical trial, offers hope for other babies with the condition.

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