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Paralysed man regains hand function through novel brain technology

Patient went from not being able to lift his hands to his face to independently wiping his mouth

A person has regained movement and feeling in his previously paralysed hands in a claimed world-first use of a brain implant technology that gives hope to other spinal cord injury sufferers.

Researchers used an advanced machine-learning algorithm and skin sensors to translate the patient’s brainwaves into movements of his limbs, according to a paper published in Nature Medicine on Thursday.

The man living with quadriplegia, called Keith Thomas, was able to feed himself, and the benefits persisted for months after the intervention ceased, the study said.

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