US stem cell hope for blind assault victim

A LIMERICK man left blind and partially paralysed after being brutally attacked in Britain two years ago plans to travel to the US shortly for a new stem cell treatment which, he hopes, will reclaim the life he lost in the assault.

Brian Hogan, 34, from Ballykeeffe said: “I hope the treatment will help me get back the two years of my life that have been robbed from me.

“I’m sure if anybody was in my situation they’d try anything to get their life back on track. It’s exciting, but I have to play a waiting game.