Paralyzed man walks again with help of 'brain bridge' implant

#spinalcordinjury #paralyzed #health #doctor #medical #abc7news

[TreasureSwanson]

I hope this procedure goes viral. Many people need this.

[missyenglish]

This is absolutely amazing. Well done to all the hard working people who made this possible.

[gergc]

Fantastic! My sisters boyfriend is paralyzed also. I hope to see him walk down the aisle one day.

[heesel]

I am almost in the same condition. Seeing this, made me cry

[InjuredB]

You have no idea how thrilled I was when I saw this. For a high school Biomed class project about 6 months back we had to create and design a new product/device that could be used for medical applications and the projects would be reviewed by a biomedical company that just so happened to specialize in spine related design and product. What I designed was almost exactly this device. I know that this is a different company from the one our projects were sent to, but it just thrills me that I at least formulated something that actually works and could be revolutionary in the restoration of paralysis

[mm-rjvo]

Science, combined with a commitment to helping others.

This is such a big but simple part of what can make the world a better place, instead of all these evil divides.

[lauriecalkins]

I honestly wished this had been available and offered to my brother who transitioned April 2024.He had been incapacitated via a back surgical procedure. He'd been alive long enough to reach his 70th birthday.

[vella]

Praying this becomes available soon everywhere

[ZeoWorks]

It's also important to note that the man hasn't used his legs for almost 10 years, so the muscle is weak.
Imagine where he'll be in another few months time.

[stefanolassandro]

Truly amazing work, a huge success for all the researchers and a lot of hope for those who sustained this kind of injury.

[robertscheidbauer]

RESPECT to all Doctors from Lausanne!!! Thank you for your devotement !!!

[SASHISH-YT]

When it will be available for all the peoples suffering from spinal cord injury & other paralysis ?

[atifkhan]

I am a C5 level quadraplegic I am waiting to come this procedure in India as soon possible please give your more effort in this new technology and available it for every paralyzed people

[beckstiles]

This is kind of huge! Why aren't more people talking about this?

[DavidMcCoul]

Was a privilege to have done a postdoc at EPFL! (not on this project, though my background is in this field)

[AtlasMays]

What interests me most about this whole thing is that he can walk again, without the device, due to establishing new nerve connections.

[JBlooey]

For the first time in 4 years, I'm not tired of living through historical events!

[madmike]

This is insane, I can't wait to see what this looks like fully developed

[EstamosDe]

I want my taxes going directly to this when this becomes a treatment

[GINGERJOI]

Woow. So when they say your thoughts are powerful and can create new nerve ways they mean it and this science is helping and showing that. Amazing.