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Head transplant team’s new animal tests fail to convince critics

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106382-head-transplant-teams-new-animal-tests-fail-to-convince-critics/

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Video footage seen by New Scientist appears to show a dog walking three weeks after its spinal cord was almost completely severed. Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero says the technique used to treat the dog will make a human head transplant possible next year.

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Get Up And Walk Again! 

Get Up And Walk Again!  | Bioscience News - GEG Tech top picks | Scoop.it
Ever hope to walk again was too strong. In the year 2016, numerous clinical trials worldwide, involving new techniques are being developed. And high-tech
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Exoskeletons, brain-machine interface, stimulation of the spinal cord …, many promising avenues seem to open, not to mention the spectacular, cell therapy that has already begun to prove itself. A Polish firefighter 40 years was able to walk again a few months ago thanks to a revolutionary treatment based on olfactory cells … (read S. and A. No. 815, January 2015).

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