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Team targets the spinal cord to solve paralysis' most overlooked problem

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Team targets the spinal cord to solve paralysis' most overlooked problem
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Approximately 308,000 people in the United States live with spinal cord injury. Nearly all lose bladder control. And yet the vast majority of research and engineering attention in neurotech has poured into motor restoration—making paralyzed limbs move again.

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