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
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