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thruster_fuel69 t1_ivpkvue wrote

Reply to comment by Inthewoodlands in Nine Paralysis Patients Walk Again; Neuronal Population Required for Recovery Identified: A new study has identified nerve cells that are altered in response to a spinal cord stimulation technique proven to restore walking ability in people once thought to be permanently paralyzed. by rjmsci

Can't imagine how happy these people must be!

Three cheers for medical science! By far our greatest asset as a species.

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FatKody t1_ivq6irm wrote

That'll be $3,000,000,000

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AzureSuishou t1_ivr47zc wrote

And that’s one of our worst assets as a species.

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Short-Commercial-549 t1_ivr8wf5 wrote

What are you talking about? Thats with Insurance. Thats practically giving it away compared to before. Haha.

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BstintheWst t1_ivsq71s wrote

We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster...

... unfortunately he's out of network so he'd have to come up with the six million up front.

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