And a happy Halloween/Samhain/end of October, everyone! To end the month of Illuminations, let's talk about getting back on our feet.
Injuries to the spinal cord have been seen as major, life-changing issues that can't be overcome. There have been some limited successes in specific situations, but not many and not often.
Cue scientists and EES. The technique is still in process and has a ways to go, but it represents a huge leap forward in treating spinal-cord injuries. In the small study done earlier this year, several of the patients were able to move - and walk - with assistance after as little as a few days' treatment. The treatments, which involve implanting electrodes that allow electrical impulses to bypass the injured portions of the spinal cord, have proven to be effective in animals, but they've been difficult to get just right for humans. The combination of the treatment itself and the additional knowledge of the human nervous system researchers developed are going to lead to bigger and better things across the board.
And on that note, that is day 31 of the month of Illuminations! This has been an eye-opening, exciting, exhausting month, and I think I've got a better handle on how I want to move forward and what I can offer. November starts the month of craziness that is NaNoWriMo, which will be its own kind of entertaining, but I want to keep doing the Illuminations - just not every day. I'm committing to two Illuminations a week, and hope to have some kind of Nano update at least once a week for November.
At any rate, thanks for reading.
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