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 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
But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.