belated weekly feel good post

i remember these things, i swear

Beeping Easter eggs help visually impaired kids join...

Iraq's oldest Christian town celebrates Easter witho...

Parkinson's implant 'transforms lives'

Also extremely good news to shout from the rooftops - it's not the first time I've heard of nerves regenerating when they get signal assists

Basically they boosted the strength of the signal and that regenerated the body's ability to communicate things like "walk". I've heard it having an effect on spine injuries

Sooo keep an eye on other stuff coming out of this in the future. (Someone should try it on reattached fingers and the like, too, since those connections don't work as well after.)

oh wow

And also I think I included this next week but this Must Be Shared Again:

In Groundbreaking First, Doctors Say They Have Cured...

yeah, there are some budding techniques to like... skip over the stuff damaged by spinal injuries. The nerves on both sides are usually still working but can't communicate

And there was a preliminary study that hinted that was doable. Eventually.

New spinal cord therapy helps paralyzed patients wal...

Old study about that

(I mean by old as in LATE LAST YEAR but still.)

A lot of new medicine is basically "help the body help itself"

Immunology techniques that have been used to defeat cancer uses a somewhat similar technique to the Bubble boy cure. Take cells out, tell them to hunt the cancer, watch them kick ass

Researchers Create ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Roadmap for S...

Also guess what renewables are now... considered a cheaper option even more. And we KNOW money talks