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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

Man paralysed and needs 24-hour care after catching mild flu as toddler

Scientists have discovered a faulty gene which may have caused a man to be paralysed as a toddler after catching the flu.

Timothy Bingham was two years old when he had a mild flu-like illness which left him unable to walk.

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