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New spinal cord research gives the severely injured hope

More than 300,000 people in the U.S. suffer severe spinal cord injuries -- life-changing events with far-reaching consequences. But at Kentucky’s University of Louisville, new research is giving dozens of paralyzed people hope for potentially regaining some of what they have lost. William Brangham reports.

New spinal cord research gives the severely injured hope

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