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In a world first, Chinese scientists have demonstrated a brain-spine interface that enables paraplegic patients with severed spinal cords to walk again. (www.fudan.edu.cn)
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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 7 points 4 months ago

This is only in 4 patients so far yet the results look amazing. 20 million people globally are living with some form of spinal cord injury. Hopefully insights gained from this work will quickly mean treatments for what was once seen as incurable.