two years later fidyka is walking outside with the help of a walker. but scientists caution this is just one person and the technique has yet to be replicated. >> spinal cord injury comes with multiple problems, and you don't solve multiple problems with just one solution. >> reporter: scientists hope to try this technique on ten more patients, ten more people who may get to experience again what fidyka describes as an incredible feeling. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> and we're back after the break with an amazing moment caught on video. a surprise at the polling station. a jealous boyfriend and, what else, the president of the united states. >>> back home in chicago for a fund-raiser, president obama took advantage of early voting in his precinct, where he encountered a man who was voting with his girlfriend yesterday morning, and things took a turn when the boyfriend made a joke directed at the president and some affectionate back and forth ensued. >> don't touch my girlfriend. [ laughter ] >> did he just say that? >> i really wasn't plannin

two years later fidyka is walking outside with the help of a walker.ut scientists caution this is just one person and the technique has yet to be replicated. >> spinal cord injury comes with multiple problems, and you don't solve multiple problems with just one solution. >> reporter: scientists hope to try this technique on ten more patients, ten more people who may get to experience again what fidyka describes as an incredible feeling. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> and we're back after the break with an amazing moment caught on video. a surprise at the polling station. a jealous boyfriend and, what else, the president of the united states. ited states. it begins with anticipation. it's built on preparation. ited states. for the city of barcelona, throwing one of the world's biggest parties starts with the cloud. powered by microsoft dynamic crm, azure, and sql server this cloud helps ensure all voices are heard and the festival goes off without a hitch. this cloud turns chaos into clockwork. (fireworks) this is the microsoft cloud. it's in th

fidyka received treatment.ide fidyka's nasal cavity responsible for his sense of smell were damaged. they were transferred into his spine with bridge of tissue taken fro the ankle. three months after surgery fidyka's thigh muscles began growing. after extensive rehabilitation he regained feeling in his legs. just six months after his surgery and with only the aid of leg braces fidyka began walking. >> translator: it's an incredible feeling when you can't feel almost half your body. you feel helpless, but when it starts coming back you feel born again. >> i believe this is the moment paralysis can be repaired. >> the medical world is closely watching his progress. dr. dietrich is watching. >> i think it's important because it's using a combination approach for the first time in a person. cell therapy, bridging strategy. it's only one patient and we have to do much more patients to actually figure out if this is going to work in other individuals. >> jon, this is unbelievable. has it worked in other patients? >>

two years home from surgery in poland, darek fidyka is walking.inal cord seved in an attack where he was paralyzed from the arms down. the london medical team behind this break through say just one man. but the implications if they can replicate it are huge for all mankind. >> i still think myself that this is bigger than a man landing on the moon. he can move his thigh, now he can move his knee. it's not quite movement but for him it's being reborn. >> reporter: he was paralyzed from the chest down by a knife attack in 2010. a polish teamworking with professor raisman took cells from his nasal cavities. these olfactory ensheathing cells help the smell the damage of the nose that replaces nerve fibers within the nasal cavity. the team hopes the nerves will do the same when transplanted into the spine. they injected strips of cells into an eight millimeter gap in darek's spine with ankle issue to bridge the gap. this slowly restored the nerve fiber closing the gap, allowing the brain signals toagain. >> what we have found could be of enormous benef