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DETROIT (AP)--The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan will open a center this summer offering new therapies to help spinal cord injury patients regain some sensation and movement after years of paralysis.

The center, unlike any in the United States, also will evaluate hundreds of spinal cord patients for two experimental operations abroad and oversee their rehabilitation in Detroit.

``We hope the center gives people open access to the latest medicines and technologies'' for spinal cord treatment, Dr. Steven Hinderer, Detroit Medical Center specialist in chief and director of the institute's Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, told the Detroit Free Press.

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