paralysis
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They Can’t Move, They Can’t Talk. But This Computer Says They Are Happy
Locked-in syndrome leaves people completely paralysed, but with full awareness, brain function and sometimes eye movement. And until now, communication was thought to be impossible. But a recent study saw researchers set up four patients with a brain-computer interface, allowing a computer to measure their brainwaves. They then asked the patients a series of simple,…
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Link Between Zika And Rare Neurological Disorder Grows Stronger
Researchers in France have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the Zika virus can trigger a paralysis-causing nerve syndrome called Guillain-Barré.
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Implant Allows Paralysed Man To Move
In 2006, Rob Summers got hit by a car. He was 20 years old, paralysed from the chest down, and told he would never walk again. If you were one of the people who told him that, you were wrong.