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HTTP:: Bionic Circuitry Could Soon Cure Paralysis
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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 nerve that had been sedated for the purpose of the experiment, so as to prevent electrical impulses from the brain reaching the wrist. The movements were entirely performed through the use of bionic electronics, NewScientist reports. The team of experts that performed the promising experiment was led by scientist Eberhard Fetz, from the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle. The reason why this investigation, and others like it, bear so much importance in the field of medicine stands precisely in their ability to bypass an affected area and to restore function to the body segments below. Paralysis oftentimes occurs when nerves in the spinal cords, or in various members, are sectioned!
following an accident. If this happens in the spinal cord, it can result in paralysis of the lower body, and the legs implicitly, forcing patients into wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. But, with the help of new generations of electronics, such an accident could be turned from a life sentence in the wheelchair into a temporary inc...
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