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China joins global race to reawaken brain-injury patients through ultrasound therapy

South China Morning Post ·

After spending three months in a coma following a brain haemorrhage, a patient in China has regained the ability to speak, eat and walk with support – part of an early clinical trial using targeted sound waves to help “wake up” severely damaged brains, according to state media. The technology…

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