Greg McKenna<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bulgarian man, paralysed from the chest down when his spinal cord was severed in 2010, has taken his first steps after a team of surgeons, led by Pawel Tabakow, consultant neurosurgeon at Wroclaw University in Poland, transplanted olfactory nerve cells into the spinal cord. “What we’ve done is establish a principle, nerve fibres can … <\/p>\n
Continue reading “More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2448,2605,3202],"class_list":["post-11193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interests","tag-neural-regeneration","tag-paralysis","tag-spinal-injury-repair"],"yoast_head":"\nMore impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Bulgarian man, paralysed from the chest down when his spinal cord was severed in 2010, has taken his first steps after a team of surgeons, led by Pawel Tabakow, consultant neurosurgeon at Wroclaw University in Poland, transplanted olfactory nerve cells into the spinal cord. “What we’ve done is establish a principle, nerve fibres can … Continue reading "More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\"},\"headline\":\"More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"neural regeneration\",\"paralysis\",\"spinal injury repair\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interests\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/\",\"name\":\"More impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/23\\\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor\",\"description\":\"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. \",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/colin_thepatientinvestor\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\",\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ColinTwiggs\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/colin58s\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"More impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"More impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor","og_description":"A Bulgarian man, paralysed from the chest down when his spinal cord was severed in 2010, has taken his first steps after a team of surgeons, led by Pawel Tabakow, consultant neurosurgeon at Wroclaw University in Poland, transplanted olfactory nerve cells into the spinal cord. “What we’ve done is establish a principle, nerve fibres can … Continue reading \"More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon\"","og_url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/","og_site_name":"the patient investor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","article_published_time":"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00","author":"ColinTwiggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ColinTwiggs","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/"},"author":{"name":"ColinTwiggs","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5"},"headline":"More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon","datePublished":"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/"},"wordCount":142,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["neural regeneration","paralysis","spinal injury repair"],"articleSection":["Interests"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/","name":"More impressive than man's first steps on the moon - the patient investor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-10-23T08:53:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/more-impressive-than-mans-first-steps-on-the-moon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"More impressive than man’s first steps on the moon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","name":"The Patient Investor","description":"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization","name":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5","name":"ColinTwiggs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ColinTwiggs"},"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/colin58s\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tQ4n-2Ux","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6408,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/09\/china-is-now-heading-toward-japan-style-economic-paralysis-if-it-doesnt-change-course-quartz\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":0},"title":"China is now heading toward Japan-style economic paralysis if it doesnt change course | Quartz","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"December 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jack Rodman, president of Global Distressed Solutions LLC, spent 1999 to 2011 living in Japan and China, packaging and disposing of nonperforming loans and distressed assets. He writes on the problems facing China: At the end of 1989, Japan\u2019s bubble economy burst and its economic miracle came to an abrupt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "China & HK"","block_context":{"text":"China & HK","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/china-hk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6668,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/10\/electric-version-of-holden-commodore\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":1},"title":"Electric version of Holden Commodore","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"February 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Barry Park at Drive.com.au takes a ride in a battery-powered version of Holden\u2019s popular family car: EV Engineering, the Port Melbourne based start-up that has taken nine Commodore family cars, gutted them of their V6 and V8 petrol drivetrains and replaced them with swappable batteries, a recharging cord and a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Australia & NZ"","block_context":{"text":"Australia & NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31253,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/yes-he-would-fiona-hill\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":2},"title":"“Yes, He Would” | Fiona Hill","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"March 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This Politico interview of Fiona Hill, by Maureen Reynolds, is disturbing. Fiona Hill is a Russia expert who served in both Obama and Trump administrations and first gained attention for her hard-hitting testimony during Donald Trump's impeachment over Ukraine. She has studied Vladimir Putin for decades and is the co-author\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Russia & Former USSR"","block_context":{"text":"Russia & Former USSR","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/russia-former-ussr\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fiona Hill","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/fionahill.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28268,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/11\/snippets\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":3},"title":"Snippets","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"October 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Another name on the march higher this week was Singapore manganese and silicon metals company OM Holdings (ASX: OMH). The company updated investors earlier in the week regarding an \u201cunprecedented increase in international prices for ferrosilicon (FeSi)\u201d, which it produces via its significant ownership stake in the Sarawak Smelter Plant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Australia & NZ"","block_context":{"text":"Australia & NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16199,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/23\/bob-doll-first-quarter-corporate-earnings-highly-impressive\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":4},"title":"Bob Doll: First quarter corporate earnings highly impressive","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"April 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Doll reports positive first quarter results so far in his weekly newsletter: First quarter corporate earnings have been highly impressive. With approximately 20% of companies reporting, 81% have exceeded expectations by an average of 6.4%2. This compares to an average beat of 4.7% over the last three years, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earnings & Dividends"","block_context":{"text":"Earnings & Dividends","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/investing\/earnings-dividends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1464,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/22\/teaching-ethics\/","url_meta":{"origin":11193,"position":5},"title":"Teaching ethics","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"October 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"While we are on the subject of humanity (Yueyue) in China, it occurs to me that we need to teach ethics not only to the Chinese but to many on Wall Street as well. Unfortunately teaching ethics is not as easy as teaching Mathematics -- there is more of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Other"","block_context":{"text":"Other","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/other\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}