Way back when I wrote a story that resulted in Yaska Dickess being shot in the back, his spinal cord was severed- he couldn't walk. The answer I came up with was a "Spinal junction box" that served as a bridge between the remaining nerves. Today, I read an article about a process that sounds a lot like this- and it works.
Yaska's story:
The real story can be found here:
The real story can be found here: