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Photograph of the DEKA GEN 3 arm courtesy of Stewart Coulter. A team of researchers conducted a study to identify ...
Photograph of the DEKA GEN 3 arm courtesy of Stewart Coulter. A team of researchers conducted a study to identify ...
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Japan have, along with collaborators from Tokyo University of Science ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of $783,421 in Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grants to ...
Students at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, Canada, are creating a golf prosthesis to help people with upper-limb ...
Zhang and Okada. Photograph courtesy of San Francisco State University/Paul Asper. Professors at San Francisco State University (SF State) have ...
For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don't work properly ...
Dennis Aabo Sørensen was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real time with a prosthetic fingertip that was surgically ...
Nick Huntington, PhD. Image courtesy of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. The immune cells, called natural killer cells, hunt ...
The flexible temperature array was made by drawing a resistor structure with a silver conductive ink pen on sticky note ...
A clinical study published in the January issue of Gene Therapy reports the results of a DNA-based gene therapy that ...
The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship to give new amputees the opportunity ...
A multiple-exposure image of a new shape-memory polymer reverting to its original shape after being exposed to body temperature. Photograph ...
Research on the OpenNotes model led by a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor finds that follow-up e-mails are ...
Photograph of the robotic gripper by Alain Herzog, courtesy of EPFL. Scientists at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ...
Image courtesy of NIBIB. Frequent measurement of blood-flow changes could improve the ability of healthcare providers to diagnose and treat ...
Image courtesy of UCLA. In a study published in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, an unobtrusive patch on the ...
Arshad Kudrolli, PhD, a professor of physics at Clark University, is working with Harvard University colleague Chris Rycroft, PhD, an ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined United Airlines $2.75 million for violating the DOT rules protecting air travelers ...
Image courtesy of T. Segura et al, UCLA. Some skin wounds, such as diabetic ulcers, are chronic and may never ...
Biofilms formed by bacteria that stick to each other on living tissue and medical instruments in hospitals, which make them ...
The insulin-secreting cells of people with type 1 diabetes are destroyed by their immune systems and daily insulin injections are ...
Walking down slopes and over uneven terrain is problematic for people with unilateral transtibial amputations. Accordingly, prosthetic ankle devices have ...
The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) announced the winners of its Mobility Saves testimonial contest. Jeff Lewis of Mesa, ...
Lerouge and Lapointe examine the cancer-fighting biogel they have developed. Image courtesy of CRCHUM. A new injectable "biogel" is effective ...
Alex Lewis demonstrates the operation of the robotic hand with arm movements and muscle vibrations. Photograph courtesy of Imperial College ...
Research from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) could soon help an estimated 2 million people in America living ...
Image of the sensor courtesy of the American Technion Society. Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, ...
Lau, right, works with UNLV student Zack Cook to fit Hailey with a 3D-printed prosthetic hand. Image by Aaron Mayes, ...
Exclusive live coverage from Amplitude. Zach said he learned to hold a coffee cup from the bottom so he could ...
Electrical Current Kills 99.99 Percent of Bugs Washington State University (WSU) researchers have discovered how electrical stimulation works for the ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a new video webcast, "NAAOP Webcast: Draft ...
A new study published in Nature Immunology suggests a potential metabolic pathway for cancer treatment. When cancer cells compete with ...
Zhenan Bao, PhD, a professor of chemical engineering and material science at Stanford University, has spent a decade trying to ...
On October 16, the White House issued its initial response to the We the People petition requesting that the president ...
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a smartphone-based device that can reliably ...
Erik Engeberg, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer ...
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) measured arm movements and analyzed brain patterns to determine how new ...
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a material with the consistency of memory foam that could allow air or liquid ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released a webcast that provides an update on ...
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a class of experimental drug treatments already in clinical trials could also help ...
Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error-an inaccurate or delayed diagnosis-in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences, says ...
New software that can be incorporated into powered, lower-lower limb prosthetic devices to automatically tune the amount of power a ...
From left, Richey and Zucker-Levin are pictured with a key focus of their research: the MPF component and a completed ...
A 28-year-old man who has had paralysis for more than ten years due to a spinal cord injury has been ...
Some treatments for type 2 diabetes make the body more sensitive to insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar. But ...
A nerve-like assemblage created by protein nanomotors acting on polymer filaments at Sandia National Laboratories. Image courtesy of Sandia National ...
New research has revealed that having mentally healthy friends can help someone recover from depression or even remain mentally healthy ...
Nine U.S. researchers sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that said they ...
At a time when cancer drug prices are rising rapidly, an innovative new study provides the framework for establishing value-based ...
Photograph of the Open Bionics prosthetic hand courtesy of Open Bionics (www.openbionics.com). A 3D-printed robotic hand developed by Joel Gibbard, ...
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