In a recent experiment, a 20 year old Frenchmen was revived form a vegetative state after fifteen years. how you ask did this man recover from a seemingly irreversible condition? Well, a new low-intensity nerve simulation therapy has helped this man recover, and become responsive. The therapy rouses consciousness on a subconscious level, and through extended periods could coax someone into a "minimally conscious" state.
This has significance to American History because thousands of americans are pronounced unresponsive and left to live their lives in a coma like state, only waking when their consciousness occasionally prevails. With the development of this study we can save and improve the lives of thousands of Americans.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/experimental-nerve-stimulation-therapy-partially-revives-man-long-term-vegetative-state
I really enjoyed reading this, especially because most of the current events are negative.
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