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Bypassing the spinal cord to overcome paralysis

December 30, 2008February 19, 2010michelesolis

wheelchair_grnRerouting the brain’s instructions around the spinal cord and directly into muscle allowed monkeys to move their ‘paralyzed’ wrists, reports a new study in Nature.

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