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Rash driving and accidents caused due to it are not new phenomena in India. One of the latest incidents comes from Gujarat, where a speeding luxury car crashed into people at around 140 kmph, resulting in the death of nine people and injuring 13 others. The division bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice MR Mengdey criticized the authorities concerned, stating that the municipal corporation and the traffic police department in the state lack the courage to enforce the laws effectively. Also read: 10 DC Design cars…

Over a decade ago, a cycling accident left Gert-Jan Oskam paralysed after causing him a spinal cord injury. Now, he’s able to stand and walk again thanks to an innovative brain-spine interface (BSI) developed by a team of Swiss neuroscientists. To walk, the brain must send a command to the region of the spinal cord that’s responsible for movement control. But a spinal cord injury interrupts this communication. “Our idea was to reestablish this communication with a “digital bridge”, an electric…

A pair of implants forming a digital bridge between the brain and the spinal cord has enabled a 'test pilot' patient to better stand and walk again, showing promise for an innovation that could one day transform the lives of individuals with paralysis.Led by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), the investigation involved a 40-year-old man named Gert-Jan, who had been paralyzed by a biking accident over a decade ago.Gert-Jan had previously regained some ability to walk with the help…

Gert-Jan Oskam lost the ability to walk in 2011 when he injured his spine in a cycling accident in China. Six years later, the Dutch man managed to take a few short steps thanks to a small array of electrodes implanted on top of his spinal cord that delivered nerve-stimulating pulses of electricity. The device allowed him to walk, but the process was stilted and sometimes frustrating. Today in Nature, an international team of researchers reports giving Oskam a…

New Delhi: Pune scientists have found that a protein in zebrafish which helps in disc maintenance and…

Astronauts have been reporting back pain since the late 1980s, when space missions grew longer. Their flight medical data show that more than half of US astronauts have reported back pain, especially in their lower backs. Up to 28% indicated that it was moderate to severe pain, sometimes lasting the duration of their mission. Things don't improve when they return to Earth's gravity. In the first year after their mission, astronauts have a 4.3 times higher risk of a herniated disc. "It's sort of an ongoing problem that has…