Two clinical teams reported advances in electrical neuromodulation that restored motor function and somatosensory feedback in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). A Brown University–led trial and a separate perilesional epidural electrical stimulation (EES) program both demonstrated meaningful recovery of limb movement and sensory signals in patients previously thought to have limited recovery potential. The Brown study, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, described targeted stimulation protocols combined with rehabilitation that produced durable functional gains and improved patient‑reported sensation. The perilesional EES approach—focusing stimulation around, rather than below, the lesion—showed complementary benefits in restoring sensorimotor integration. The results are early but notable for developers of neuromodulation hardware, rehab device makers and clinical programs: they provide design targets for electrodes, stimulation algorithms and combination therapy trials that aim to translate improvements into routine care.