A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.
His injury meant his brain could not talk
to his hand, meaning all control was lost.
Surgeons at the Washington University School of Medicine re-wired his nerves to build a new route between hand and brain.
He can now feed himself and can just about write.
The 71-year-old man was involved in a car accident in June 2008. His spinal cord was damaged at the base of the neck and he was unable to walk.
While he could still move his arms, he had lost the ability to pinch or grip with either of his hands — via BBC News
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