'A remarkable era': Groundbreaking innovations in treating spinal cord injury offer new hope for patients

Neurosurgeons are optimistic that promising new treatments — including a microsurgery technique pioneered in Toronto and brain implants that let a paralyzed man walk — will soon help more people with spinal cord injury regain their mobility and quality of life.

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