Article 7698R Spinal cord injury treatment in Brazil offers path to recovery

Spinal cord injury treatment in Brazil offers path to recovery

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editors@theworld.org (Julia França)
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Over 15 million people around the world live with a spinal cord injury, according to the World Health Organization. It's a lifelong diagnosis that can permanently affect a patient's mobility. In Brazil, an experimental treatment has yielded promising results, high hopes and legal challenges to get access to clinical trials. The World's Julia Franca reports on the treatment, and the patients caught between hope for recovery and uncertainty over when, or whether, they will be able to access it.

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