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Dec 2012
December 17, 2012
A woman who is paralysed from the neck down has stunned doctors with her extraordinary skill at using a robotic arm that is controlled by her thoughts alone. The 52-year-old patient, called Jan, lost the use of her limbs more than 10 years ago to a degenerative disease that damaged her spinal cord. The disruption.. read more →
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Sep 2012
September 17, 2012
A rat with a spinal cord injury walks and climbs stairs after researchers use robot rehabilitation to wake up its ‘spinal brain’ and restore voluntary movement. A study that began five years ago at the University of Zurich found that a severed section of the spinal cord can begin to work again when its own.. read more →