A man paralyzed in 2011 has regained the ability to stand and walk with the help of implants placed in his brain and spinal cord.
The patient, 40-year-old Gert-Jan Oskam of the Netherlands, was told he would never walk again after a biking accident, according to the Guardian’s Ian Sample. He suffered severe but partial damage to his spinal cord, which paralyzed his legs and…

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