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Spinal cord injuries can interrupt communication between the brain and spine, causing paralysis.
Swiss researchers used a brain implant to create a system that translates thought into movement.
Brain-spine interface took mere minutes minutes brate, after which man reported natural-feeling control over movements.
The team plans to apply the approach to the upper limbs too, neuroscientist Henri Lorach says.
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