Laboratory breakthrough offers promise for spinal cord injury patients to breathe on their own again

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

A procedure that restores function to muscles that control breathing – even when they have been paralyzed for more than a year -- has been developed by researchers. The breakthrough offers hope that patients with severe spinal cord injuries will be able to breathe again on their own.

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