Tag: Gregoire Courtine
Regenerating Axons Across Complete Spinal Cord Injury
In a collaboration led by EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland and UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) in the USA,...
One Small Step for a Paraplegic, One Big Step Toward Reversing Paralysis
In a hospital in Switzerland, permanently paralyzed people are now learning to walk again with the help of stimulating electrodes implanted in their spines....
Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
Swiss researchers travel to China to conduct pioneering experiment.
For more than a decade, neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine has been flying every few months from his...
The scurry for a spinal injuries cure
IT WAS one small step for a rat, but it may be one giant leap for mankind.
Rats paralysed by spinal injuries have learned to...
