Bionic Circuitry Could Soon Cure Paralysis

Experts from the University of Washington have recently managed a significant breakthrough in treating paralysis, when they have created a set of circuity that allows a monkey with a temporal disability in a wrist to move it. The circuits and wires, controlled by a central unit, bypassed a ne... [ read more >> ]

Paralysis could soon become a thing of the past, if new bypass technologies are set in place to go around a sectioned nerve fiber

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Paralysis could soon become a thing of the past, if new bypass technologies are set in place to go around a sectioned nerve fiber
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