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Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life.
Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man, was paralysed in a cycling accident 12 years ago.
The electronic implants wirelessly transmit his thoughts to his legs and feet via a second implant on his spine.
The system is still at an experimental stage but a leading UK spinal charity called it "very encouraging".
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
- By Pallab Ghosh
- Science correspondent
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life.
Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man, was paralysed in a cycling accident 12 years ago.
The electronic implants wirelessly transmit his thoughts to his legs and feet via a second implant on his spine.
The system is still at an experimental stage but a leading UK spinal charity called it "very encouraging".