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A Brain Chip Implant Has Paralyzed Monkeys Walking

Researchers have found a way to bypass the damaged spinal cord to restore movement to paralyzed monkeys.

A Brain Chip Implant Has Paralyzed Monkeys Walking

[DIGEST: Nature, BBC, IFLS, ScienceAlert]

People with spinal cord injuries may walk again someday, thanks to a new wireless brain implant. The technology bypasses the spinal cord to establish wireless communications directly between the brain and the legs. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology successfully used the implant to enable two paralyzed rhesus macaques to walk again. The researchers say the technology could be available to humans within the decade.

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