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A young man was paralyzed in a freak accident. A chip in his brain has let him regain some control of his hand.
On Wednesday, doctors reported that Mr. Burkhart, 24, had regained control over his right hand and fingers, using technology that transmits his thoughts directly to his hand muscles and bypasses his spinal injury. The doctors’ study, published by the journal Nature, is the first account of limb reanimation, as it is known, in a human with profound paralysis.
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This is incredible; one of my relatives is paralyzed- it'd be awesome if this could help her.