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Researchers from Jerusalem's Hebrew University have managed to decipher the nervous system's signals which command some limbs, in a breakthrough which could allow paraplegic people to recover prosthetics-assisted mobility.

The scientific team achieved the breakthrough following a series of experiments on chimpanzees, the Yediot Aharonot daily reported Thursday.

"We don't have the technology yet to understand the signals which command the fingers of s pianist ... But ...

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