In 2011, Gert-Jan Oskam lost the ability to walk. Twelve years later, neuroscientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, have helped him get back to his feet. Oskam, who suffered a traumatic cervical spine injury from a cycling accident, regained control of his legs with the help of scientists at EPFL’s NeuroRestore research center led by Grégoire Courtine, a profe
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