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How it works. >> he was effectively a crippled dog. had no rear leg function. he dragged his feet around. but now he can stand, get to his feet. he can walk. >> reporter: so how was it done? >> researchers removed specialist cells from the lining of jaspers nose, cells known to regenerate fibers in animals and humans. these were grown in a dish for several week and injected into jaspers damaged spine. the nerve connections regrew enough to allow his front and rear legs to reconnect. but the repa...

>> he was effectively a crippled dog. he had no rear leg function. he dragged his feet around. but now he can stand, he can get to his feet, he can walk. >> reporter: so how was it done? researchers removed specialist cells from the lining of jaspers nose, cells known to regenerate fibers in animals and humans. these were grown in a dish for several week and injected into jaspers damaged spine. the nerve connections regrew enough to allow his front and rear legs to reconnect. but the repair was ...

Began, but i guess that was 11 years ago, right? yeah. >> mm-hmm. >> it was a repairing of the spina bifida birth defect before or after birth, two groups of moms, two groups of kids, and the findings showed beyond a doubt that fetal repair, fixing the birth defect before birth had bert outcome in terms of leg function and the problem associated with spina bifida, which is hydrocephalus opinion. >> thats amazing. im pregnant with twins, and spina bifida is one of the things that the doctor talke...