A few recent animal studies have come out recently providing some promising results for curing paralysis after spinal cord injury.
One study has looked at the ability of zebra fish to heal their spinal cords after injury – Read here for more details, and another study has found a promising electrochemical treatment for helping to heal the spine and has been demonstrated in a rat model – Read here for more details.
Although this is preliminary work and may not be applied in humans in the immediate future, it is exciting to see that important basic research such as this is being highlighted in the mainstream media.