A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to walk after having ground-breaking stem cell surgery while still in the womb.
Scientists say a world-first treatment for a severe form of spina bifida in babies is safe and effective.
Surgeons in California used stem cells to repair six babies’ spines after surgery — while they were still in the womb.
Sky’s science correspondent Thomas Moore met Tobi, the second child ever to undergo the treatment and has this report.
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