Spinal Cord Injury

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Paralysis refers to the loss of muscle function in part of the body, and when severe or widespread, it can affect breathing, circulation, and other life-sustaining processes. Th...

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A human head transplant would involve detaching the head from the native body and surgically connecting it to a donor body’s circulatory, neural, and organ systems. The concep...

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Morice Norris injury refers to a spinal cord injury sustained in 2019 that left the former professional rugby league player with permanent neurological deficits. This status cla...

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Christopher Reeve, best known as the star of the 1978–1987 Superman film series, died from cardiac arrest on October 10, 2004, at the age of 52. His death followed a decades-l...

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Sophie Morgan is a British broadcaster, writer, and disability advocate best known as a wheelchair user after a spinal cord injury. She first gained public attention after appea...

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In 2018, the world learned that a controversial head transplant procedure had been performed in China, marking a radical milestone in surgical ambition. This attempt aimed to ad...

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Christopher Reeve was paralyzed because of a severe spinal cord injury from a horseback riding accident on May 27, 1995. He was thrown forward after the horse stumbled, causing...