Paralyzed man walks again after a successful transplant of cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord, BBC says. The British-funded surgical breakthrough gives hope to a lot of people affected by spinal injuries.

Polish surgeons make use of nerve-supporting cells from Darek Fidyka's nose to heal his spinal injury. Fidyka, 38, is a firefighter and was paralyzed after sustaining stab wounds on his back in 2010. He endures 19 months of rehabilitation including brain and spinal surgery and cell transplant to his left thigh.

Fidyka was believed to be the first person who was able to walk again after suffering from severe spinal nerve damages. The paralyzed man walks again with the use of walker and has been resuming to his old routine little by little. He is also expected to drive his car once sensation to lower limbs is back.

"We believe that this procedure is the breakthrough which, as it is further developed, will result in a historic change in the currently hopeless outlook for people disabled by spinal cord injury," said Professor Geoffrey Raisman, Head of the surgical breakthrough at the University College London's Institute of Neurology.

The surgery was initiated by Dr Pawel Tabakow, from Wroclaw Medical University and his Polish team, one of the world's top spinal repair experts. The paralyzed man walks by undergoing transplanting olfactory ensheathing cells from the nose to the spinal cord.

The research, funded by the UK Stem Cell Foundation and Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation is featured in a BBC Panorama program on Tuesday night.

Paralyzed man walks, he can even go back to his original life. The success of the study is a breakthrough and all the information about it will be shared and will be accessible to other researchers worldwide to help cure paralysis, states David Nicholls, founder of Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.