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Paralysed hand able to move again through brain to spinal cord link

Paralysed hand able to move again through brain to spinal cord link

For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation.

Wellcome Trust-funded researchers at Newcastle University, UK, working with macaque monkeys, have shown that by connecting the brain to a computer and then the computer to the spinal cord, it is possible to restore movement.

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