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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nicola Davis Science correspondent

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Spinal nerve cell stimulation found to help stroke patients restore movement - Caught on Camera

Heather Rendulic using a knife and fork with help from electrodes implanted in her neck, after she lost functional use of her left hand following as stroke in 2012.
Heather Rendulic using a knife and fork with help from electrodes implanted in her neck, after she lost functional use of her left hand following as stroke in 2012. Photograph: Capogrosso Lab Research / Nature

When Heather Rendulic experienced a series of strokes in 2012 at the age of 22, she lost functional use of her left hand. A decade later, she is once more able to use a fork and knife, thanks to electrodes implanted in her neck.

About one in four people globally will experience a stroke in their lifetime – a condition in which the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off.

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