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An Implant Zapped a Paralyzed Man’s Spine. Now He Can Walk Again.

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Researchers say they created a “digital bridge” between the brain and damaged spinal cord.

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Jimmy Ravier

In 2011, Gert-Yan Oskam woke up in a hospital in rural China to find that he couldn’t feel his legs. He was told that he was cycling on his way to the supermarket when he experienced a serious accident that injured

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