[World News] London, April 18 : Scientists are hoping a treatment that has helped paralysed dogs move could one day help humans.

By taking nerve cells from the dogs' brains and injecting them into the damaged part of the spinal cord, veterinary surgeons from the University of Cambridge treated nine dogs that were paralysed in road accidents and spinal cord injuries, reports science portal Newsfox.

Within a month, the dogs moved their hind leg jerkily, the surgeons said.

According to experts, the same benefits could be seen in humans. An Australian team has already treated humans with the olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) cells present at the back of the dog's nose. But the results will not be published until 2007.

OEG cells are the only nerve cells capable of constant regeneration. They are collected by opening the dog's skulls, then multiplied in the lab and then injected into the spinal cord.

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