New brain technology helps paralysed man walk again
Gert-Jan Oskam with EPFL scientists Gregoire Courtine and Jocelyn Bloch at a press conference (Philippe Getaz/CHUV)
Nilima Marshall
A man paralysed in a bicycle accident more than a decade ago has regained the ability to stand and walk naturally, using technology developed by researchers in Switzerland.
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