--- description: Doctors at Ohio State University this year pulled off the seemingly impossible: they helped a man regain control over his right hand by implanting a... title: New Hope for Paralysis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Hope for Paralysis by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:22 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:22 PM CUT Doctors at Ohio State University this year pulled off the seemingly impossible: they helped a man regain control over his right hand by implanting a chip in his brain. It’s not yet a panacea for paralysis–the chip has to be connected to a computer for it to work–but it brings researchers one step closer to a cure. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4389129/new-hope-for-paralysis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4389129/new-hope-for-paralysis/"},"headline":"New Hope for Paralysis","datePublished":"2016-06-30T12:22:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:57:44.975Z","description":"Doctors at Ohio State University this year pulled off the seemingly impossible: they helped a man regain control over his right hand by implanting a...","url":"https://time.com/4389129/new-hope-for-paralysis/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4389129/new-hope-for-paralysis/","name":"New Hope for Paralysis"}}]}] ```