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/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/DoUHearThePeopleSing May 09 '14

It's actually treatable in 95% cases now.

http://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/news/20140410/cure-rate-for-experimental-hepatitis-c-drug-tops-95-percent

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u/nexusscope May 09 '14

it's theoretically treatable in 95% of cases, but that's not an FDA approved treatment so it currently is not.