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Australian scientists offer new hope for paraplegics Australian researchers have created a "bionic spinal cord" they said Tuesday could give paralyzed people hope of walking again through the power of thought, without resorting to open brain surgery. need for high risk open brain surgery," researcher Thomas Oxley said. Oxley, a neurologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and research fellow at The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and the University of Melbourne, described the device, or stent rode, as revolutionary. The system would use a device the size of a paperclip implanted in a blood fW76V