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Treatment by electric spine stimulation helps paralysed patients walk

David Mzee, who suffered full paralysis of his left leg after a 2010 accident, learns to walk at Lausanne University Hospital. [Courtesy]

A breakthrough treatment involving electrical stimulation of the spine has enabled paralysed patients to walk again, apparently reactivating nerve connections and providing hope for people even years after accidents.

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