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UCLA life scientists awarded Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Award
Posted by
JLoFriday, January 06, 2012
We announced, in May 2011, the significant research breakthrough that allowed a paraplegic man to stand, step with assistance, and moves his legs voluntarily. The Reeve Foundation family would like send much congratulations to the team of doctors who worked relentlessly for this breakthrough, known as EpiStim, as they have been named Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Award.
V. Reggie Edgerton, UCLA (pictured) distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology and of neurobiology; Yury Gerasimenko, professor and director of the laboratory of movement physiology at St. Petersburg's Pavlov Institute and a researcher in UCLA’s Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology; and colleagues have been awarded a Popular Mechanics' 2011 Breakthrough Award for developing "an electric therapy that stimulates spinal nerves, allowing the paralyzed to walk." Edgerton, Gerasimenko and their UCLA colleagues have been studying the effects of electrical stimulation on the spinal cord for more than 30 years....
"Our team is very pleased that the recently reported results describing levels of functional recovery not previously observed in an individual with complete motor paralysis are being recognized by a magazine of such distinction and prestige as Popular Mechanics," Edgerton said. "This magazine has pointed toward futuristic directions in science and engineering for many years and we are proud to be a part of that tradition.
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