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Paralyzed Man Regains Hand Function After Breakthrough Nerve Rewiring Procedure

Posted by Soulskill on from the so-i-rewired-it-grunt-grunt-grunt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 71-year-old man who became paralyzed from the waist down and lost all use of both hands in a 2008 car accident has regained motor function in his fingers after doctors rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones in a pioneering surgical procedure, according to a case study published on Tuesday."

2 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fact is becoming better than fiction by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sigh.

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  2. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. by Will+Steinhelm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.