Unlikely, but if they can at least avoid crutches in their childhood then... that isn't nothing. That's a lot, actually. They'll probably need them eventually.

Unlikely, but if they can at least avoid crutches in their childhood then... that isn't nothing. That's a lot, actually. They'll probably need them eventually. Then again, technology does keep progressing. Maybe this will be like many other diseases in the past, and it'll turn out that we've reached escape velocity -- the repairs will outdo the damage. There's no way to know yet. Even so, this article is very good news.