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Man who lost all motor control due to ALS asks for 'a beer' using only his mind.
In 2022 , researchers at the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering in Geneva , Switzerland , developed a brain electrode that they implanted into a 36-year-old man in a locked-in state that has allowed him to communicate.
ALS is a disease of the nervous system where nerve cells slowly break down, causing muscles to weaken throughout the body.
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