Alan Mackay-Sim, the scientist whose miracle made a paraplegic walk again, named Australian of the Year

By Matthew Knott, Tom McIlroy
Updated April 24 2018 - 11:02pm, first published January 25 2017 - 10:21pm

Biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim, whose research helped achieve a feat described as "more impressive than man walking on the moon", has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year for his pioneering stem cell research.

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