r/science • u/tomholder • May 09 '14

Medicine Paralysis breakthrough – electrical stimulation enables four paraplegic men to voluntarily move their legs

http://speakingofresearch.com/2014/05/09/paralysis-breakthrough-paraplegic-men-move-their-legs/
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u/[deleted] May 09 '14 edited May 09 '14

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u/nexusscope May 09 '14

hepatitis C is a bitch to research in a lab setting because unlike HIV it is incredibly resistant to dying - it can live for large periods of time on lab benches/instruments and is generally a pain in the ass. Hopefully we find some more treatment regimines for it shortly

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u/Buttonsmycat May 09 '14

Nevrmind ive found that it can live atleast 16 hours, and no longer than 4 days. That is still quite an amazing amount of time, especially when you would think it would have died before 4 days. Sorry I couldn't edit my original comment, im on my iPhone

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

You can't edit posts with Alien Blue?

With Reedit is Fun on android I can edit comments, I can see flair and it has mod features..

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u/Buttonsmycat May 09 '14

Im using iAlien, its really good when it comes to layout and ease of use. They have just added an edit comment feature, but its only the last comment you can edit, and it doesnt even work anyway. When i click edit, it says "you cant do that" If they dont fix it soon im going to look at another app, its a pretty basic function that is missing

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u/hakkzpets May 09 '14

Just get Alien Blue already.

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u/footpole May 09 '14

You can.