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New Neural Network Can Restore Diaphragm Function after Spinal Cord Injury
Bottom Line:Â A team of neuroscientists has uncovered a neural network that can restore diaphragm function after spinal cord injury. The network allows the diaphragm...
Bionic bodies: From typing with a glance to restoring paralyzed limbs, new technology aids...
If eye-gaze technology, motion sensor tracking and functional electrical stimulation sound like secret weapons of the CIA, you’d be half right. Much of the...
New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
In 2016, Chris' spine was severely injured in a biking accident. Now he has regained use of his arms after receiving a novel cell...
Question Time with Jai (Spinal Cord Injury)
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Jai’s life nearly ended after a dip in the ocean resulted in a high-level spinal injury. He explains how he's carved out a great...
Teen rescuer who become quadriplegic celebrates 50 years in a wheelchair
Half a century in a wheelchair – it’s not a milestone celebrated often, if at all.
But Peter Kuprijanow is not your average person.
Hailing from...
‘I never got to thank the stranger who saved my life’ – Coldplay fan...
Rob O'Byrne was left in a wheelchair after he dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool
A Dublin man has described his "nightmare...
They created a computer station — and changed a quadriplegic patient’s life
With hard work and ingenuity, three VCU occupational therapy students devised a swiveling computer table that will help Derrick Bayard increase his independence....
Quadriplegic is living a full life
Bungee jumping, paragliding and kite-surfing. Not everyone can do these extreme sports, but these are just a few of the things that Brenton Swartz,...
Life goes on after acquired disability
ON A summer day in 1985, Bruce Stark got up, went to work and became a quadriplegic. Bruce, who is president of the Sunshine...
Making art out of life’s struggles
After becoming paralysed at the age of 22, Gilbert Tan thought his life was over. But perseverance and dedication saw him become a...
