Fighting Paralysis With Electricity 56
the_newsbeagle writes "In spinal cord injuries, the brain's commands can't reach the lower body — so in a ground-breaking experiment at the University of Louisville, researchers are providing artificial commands via electrodes implanted in the spine. The first paralyzed people to try out the tech have already been able to stand on their own, and have regained some bowel and sexual function. A video that accompanies the article also shows paralyzed rats that were able to walk again with this kind of electrical stimulation."
Shocking news (Score:4, Funny)
This is High School Biology all over again! (Score:2, Funny)
We used to do this with 9V batteries in High School Biology. Of course we used dead frogs but it was the same thing. ...
Great! (Score:3, Funny)
I'm certainly glad I can urinate easily and stand on my right leg without electrodes.
Oblig. (Score:5, Funny)
The first paralyzed people to try out the tech have already been able to stand on their own, and have regained some bowel and sexual function.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "getting turned on".
Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Funny)
For Great Justice (Score:2, Funny)
"In spinal cord injuries, the brain's commands can't reach the lower body — so in a ground-breaking experiment at the University of Louisville, researchers are providing artificial commands via electrodes implanted in the spine. The first paralyzed people to try out the tech have already been able to stand on their own, and have regained some bowel and sexual function.
I pray that somewhere out there, a poor paralyzed Japanese girl is finally getting this technology.
You know, just so that after it's implanted, she can exclaim, "Onii-chan, my hips are moving on their own!"
Like a lightning bolt (Score:1, Funny)