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SUSU scientists develop Russian analog of voice prostheses using 3D printing
People who underwent larynx surgery face a necessity of a voice prosthesis implantation, but such artificial windpipes are only produced abroad.
8 days ago - News Medical
Sensory Prosthesis Allows an Amputee to Pick Up His Granddaughter Again
Use of Sensory Prosthesis at home gives a feel of Having a Hand Again to Amputees, finds a new study. These Neural-connected Sensory Prostheses give the functional and a...
19 days ago - Medindia Health
O&P's Virtual Present and Future
Despite technological advances in prosthetics, a major problem within the O&P profession remains that a large percentage of amputees still abandon or reject their prosthesis...
28 days ago - Healio
Impact of Powered Knee-ankle Prosthesis Leg on Everyday Community Mobility and Social Interaction
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03204531 Purpose: The overall goal of the study is to determine the efficacy of new, powered prosthetic devices for individuals with...
28 days ago - Healio - 3 articles
Novel surgical approach to limb amputation improves sensation, control of prosthesis
Humans can accurately sense the position, speed and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception, allows humans to precisely control...
1 month ago - News Medical
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
Researchers have invented a new neural interface and communication paradigm that is able to send movement commands from the central nervous system to a robotic prosthesis, and...
1 month ago - ScienceDaily
Targeted muscle reinnervation: Advances and opportunities
It is with interest, and some concern, that we read the recent letter from Messrs Nikkhah et al.1 Targeted muscle reinnervation is a surgical development for the rehabilitation...
2 monthes ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Researchers create memory prosthesis that can boost recall in humans by around 40 percent
The human brain holds many mysteries, among which are the specifics of how exactly memories work. There are a lot of different theories as to how the brain operates as far as...
2 monthes ago - Natural News
A fast and improved method of rapid prototyping for ear prosthesis using portable 3D laser scanner
When reproducing an anatomically correct morphology of an ear, operators usually face difficulty in wax sculpting. This procedure is extremely time consuming and operators had...
2 monthes ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Artificial retinas fabricated using organic printing inks may restore vision to blind people
A simple retinal prosthesis is being developed in collaboration between Tel Aviv University in Israel and Linköping University in Sweden. Fabricated using cheap and...
2 monthes ago - News Medical
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Researchers from Penn State University studied 5,500 British women for 20 years and found those who cannot taste the bitter chemical PTC are less likely to get cancer than...
An end to paralysis from spinal cord injury?
A new study from Boston Children's Hospital has been able to help mice walk again by injecting a compound which helps reactive nerve pathways that send signals to our leg muscles.
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Cells' Ability to Repair DNA Points to Cancer Therapy
Mechanism behind how cells repair broken strands of DNA may have huge implications for the treatment of cancer. In cancer, mutations in complex could lead to resistance to...