Chip implant in a paralyzed person’s brain gave him the ability to walk again

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Scientists in Holland built a chip implanted in a paralyzed man’s brain to create a new communication path between the brain and the healthy part of his spinal cord. The man, paralyzed in all limbs, managed to stand up, walk with the help of a walker and even climb up the stairs.

 

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