part of that is the higher purpose of that to create a talent pool of hundreds of millions of people from whom you can take 20 or 30 million and put them in a funnel of talent development so that ultimately, in a few olympics to come, china also talks about that drinking stuff like fascinating hans westerbeek, thank you joining us on the programme. next, a remarkable medical breakthrough. a paralysed man has been able to walk, using an electrical implant, developed by swiss researchers. it s the first time someone whose spine has been completely severed has been able to restore the ability to walk. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the story. michel roccati was paralysed after a motorbike accident five years ago. his spinal cord was completely severed and he has no feeling in his legs.
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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: This medical miracle is the culmination of research on implants that were originally developed over 30 years ago to block pain signals travelling down the spine.
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