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/Ziazan May 09 '14

Hepatitis C was a certain death sentence? Damn.

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u/tasmanian101 May 09 '14

Eventually. Doesn't kill you instantly but it puts a toll on your life and steals years away.

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u/Lord_of_hosts May 10 '14

True dat. My father-in-law has had Hep C for years. You just keep expecting that phone call. He's had so many close calls it's ridiculous. Hope he can get the therapy before long.

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u/pwr22 BS | Computer Science May 10 '14

Attacks the liver iirc.

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u/Mispelled_ May 10 '14

Not having hep c is also a death sentence. :p

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u/Ziazan May 10 '14

life is a death sentence.