u.s. capital michael thank you. well it is being hailed as a medical milestone scientists in the u.s. are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even to take steps again it's all thanks to when electrical implant that zaps the spinal cord along with months of intense rehab the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injuries. it's one step at a time jerry chinalco is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. because one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states aimed at getting them to walk again albeit assisted the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. the original function of the electrical stimulator was to treat chronic pain. but it's being used experimentally to try to activate dormant circuitry in the spinal cord. and allow movem