Scientists stimulate breathing, forelimb movement in rats with spinal injuries

According to UPI.com, "A new treatment could restore breathing and limb function to millions of people worldwide living with chronic spinal cord injuries." Jerry Silver, the study's senior author, discussed their findings. He told the press, "For the first time we have permanently restored both breathing and some arm function in a form of high cervical, chronic spinal cord injury-induced paralysis.