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This New Implant Reversed Paralysis Within a Single Day

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Three paralyzed patients regained the ability to walk, cycle, and even swim.

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Beatrice Stouvenel

For years now, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne have been working on a groundbreaking approach to reverse paralysis in people with spinal cord injuries, by reactivating dormant neurons with electrical stimulation.

The treatment has now taken a massive leap forward, thanks to new findings published...

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