A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the F.D.A. to withdraw approval of the current shot because it hasn’t been tested against a placebo. Scientists say such a test would be unethical.
Category: Paralysis
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Christopher Reeve and 6 Takeaways From the Documentary ‘Super/Man’
The new film chronicles the life of the paralyzed star, covering his friendship with Robin Williams and gut-wrenching details about his care and family.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Feeling Awkward Flirting With a Younger Woman’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Setback Deals Blow to Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Patient, but He Stays Upbeat
Elon Musk’s first human experiment with a computerized brain device developed significant flaws, but the subject, who is paralyzed, has few regrets.
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‘Translators’ Help Romilly Saumarez Smith to Keep Creating Jewelry
When Romilly Saumarez Smith lost her fine motor skills, she despaired. But then she remembered that even Michelangelo worked with collaborators.
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Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in their Hands
The New York Times – Business:The results of an innovative study suggest electrical stimulation of the spinal cord could eventually help some of the many people disabled by strokes.
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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
The New York Times – Business:But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.