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This shows the woman with the implant walking with the assistance of a nurse

·April 6, 2022·2 min read

Electronic Implant Reactivates Spinal-Cord Nerves of a Patient With Neurodegenerative Disease

An innovative new system that includes electronic implants directly onto the spinal cord reactivates neurons that control blood pressure, allowing a patient with multiple system atrophy-parkinsonian type (MSA-P) to retain consciousness when she is in an upright position.

This shows a man in a wheel chair sitting at a computer

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·April 5, 2022·7 min read

System Helps Severely Motor-Impaired Individuals Type More Quickly and Accurately

Nomon, a newly designed flexible system, incorporates probabilistic reasoning to learn how users with motor impairments and paralysis make selections when typing and adjust the interface to improve speed and accuracy.

This shows the outline of a hand on a computer screen

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·March 10, 2022·5 min read

Sensing Signals in Paralyzed Muscles

Researchers explore the use of myoelectric signals to detect intended hand gestures in patients with tetraplegia.

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·February 7, 2022·4 min read

Researchers Engineer Human Spinal Cord Implants for Treating Paralysis

Researchers engineered functional human spinal cord tissue from cells and human materials which, when implanted into animal models of spinal cord injury, restored walking ability in 80% of the test subjects.

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·November 11, 2021·7 min read

Injectable Therapy Reverses Paralysis in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Harnessing the power of "dancing molecules", researchers have developed a new injectable therapy that repairs tissue damage and reverses paralysis in mouse models. Within four weeks of receiving the injection, paralyzed mice regained the ability to walk.

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·May 29, 2021·4 min read

Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking May Improve Bowel Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Exoskeletons that help those with spinal cord injuries to walk may help to improve bowel function.

This cartoon shows a person thinking of a word and the word appearing on a monitor

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·May 12, 2021·7 min read

Mental Handwriting Produces Brain Activity Turned Into Text

A new brain-computer interface could help thousands of people with neurodegenerative disorders and spinal cord injuries the ability to regain communication skills. The BCI, in combination with a machine learning algorithm, can generate words on a screen, based on a person thinking about writing the word.

This shows a patient in the BrainGate headset

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·April 1, 2021·8 min read

BrainGate: First Human Use of High-Bandwidth Wireless Brain-Computer Interface

The BrainGate brain-machine interface is able to transmit signals from a single neuron resolution with full broadband fidelity without physically tethering the user to a decoding system.

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·January 18, 2021·3 min read

Magnetic Skin Supports Freedom of Movement for People With Quadriplegia

A novel flexible, breathable magnetic skin allows people with quadriplegia to move around their environment with greater ease.

This is a before and after image of the mouse

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·January 15, 2021·3 min read

Designer Cytokine Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again

Protein hyper-interleukin-6, a "designer protein" that has to be produced via genetic engineering, enabled a paralyzed mouse to walk again.

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·October 28, 2020·5 min read

Small Brain Device Proves Big Game Changer for Severely Paralyzed Patients

A tiny neural implant dubbed the Stentrode, allows people with upper limb paralysis to regain motor function. The device wirelessly restores the transmission of brain impulses.

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·September 7, 2020·7 min read

First ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demoed in Paralyzed Person

Combining machine learning with neuroprosthetic technology allowed a patient with paralysis to learn to control a computer cursor by utilizing brain activity without extensive daily retraining.

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Electronic Implant Reactivates Spinal-Cord Nerves of a Patient With Neurodegenerative Disease

System Helps Severely Motor-Impaired Individuals Type More Quickly and Accurately

Sensing Signals in Paralyzed Muscles

Researchers Engineer Human Spinal Cord Implants for Treating Paralysis

Injectable Therapy Reverses Paralysis in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking May Improve Bowel Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Mental Handwriting Produces Brain Activity Turned Into Text

BrainGate: First Human Use of High-Bandwidth Wireless Brain-Computer Interface

Magnetic Skin Supports Freedom of Movement for People With Quadriplegia

Designer Cytokine Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again

Small Brain Device Proves Big Game Changer for Severely Paralyzed Patients

First ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demoed in Paralyzed Person

Blurry Beginnings Shape Brain’s Visual Pathways

Human Brains Keep Making Memory Neurons in Adulthood

Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Those with Deafness

Forever Chemicals May Disrupt Brain Development

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