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A paralyzed man can stand again after an experimental epidural treatment

It’s been almost a decade since the motorcycle accident that left Andrew Meas paralyzed from the chest down. He was wearing a helmet, but a driver trying to cross four lanes at once t-boned Meas, breaking his spine at the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae. These nerves are close to the neck and some of them control arm and leg movement.

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