Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140419:18:44:00
Christopher and dana reeve foundation have developed a type of therapy that challenges the long standing notion that the spinal cord, once damaged, can never recover. >> the spinal cord has a capacity that we never thought it had before. the more we learn about it, the more we can use that knowledge to help people with paralysis. >> here's how it works in a nutshell. below the injury, doctors implant a device the size of a pacemaker and collect electrodes along the spinal cord. when turned on, electronic pulses stimulate the nerves, engaging muscles, making movement possible again. the lead au...
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