Paralysed rats 'learn to walk'
First steps to helping paralyzed people walk again, is no longer science fiction
its now science fact ... just awesome.
BBC News - Paralysed rats 'learn to walk'
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Experts said it was an "exceptional study" and that restoring function after paralysis "can no longer be dismissed as a pipedream".
In 2011, a man from Oregon in the US was able to stand up again while his spinal cord was stimulated with electricity. Rob Summers had been paralyzed from the chest down after being hit by a car.
Now researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) say they have restored far more movement in rats which became able to run and climb stairs.
its now science fact ... just awesome.
BBC News - Paralysed rats 'learn to walk'
-- snippet --
Experts said it was an "exceptional study" and that restoring function after paralysis "can no longer be dismissed as a pipedream".
In 2011, a man from Oregon in the US was able to stand up again while his spinal cord was stimulated with electricity. Rob Summers had been paralyzed from the chest down after being hit by a car.
Now researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) say they have restored far more movement in rats which became able to run and climb stairs.
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