Most of us do not think twice about picking up a cup of coffee, sending a quick text or carrying groceries in from the car. For people who use prosthetic hands, though, these everyday tasks can be a ...

Fifty years ago, the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" hyped a futuristic world of life-changing bionics with the stirring phrase: "We can rebuild him, we have the technology." Cut to 2023, and ...

Prosthetic hands have come a long way, but many are still too unwieldy and impractical for everyday use. Beyond being incapable of a natural hand’s dexterity, most prosthetics can’t offer neurological ...

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

Researchers from Xinjiang University’s School of Intelligent Manufacturing, led by Professor Hai Jizhe, have unveiled an exciting advancement in the field of bone tissue engineering: radial-gradient ...

Ten out of 11 kids who received gene therapy for a rare variant of congenital deafness had significant improvements when tested one year after the surgery, reported doctors involved in the study. The ...

Association of CEP72 genotype with chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Oscar, a British cat, lost both his hind feet in a farming accident involving a combine harvester (try not to imagine that for too long). In most situations like this, Oscar would have to use one of ...