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Applause For The SmartHand: Human-machine Interface Is Essential Link In Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand
Professor Yosi
Shacham-Diamand of Tel Aviv
University's Department of
Engineering, working with a
team of European Union
... > full story
Notion That Amputee Runners Gain Advantage From Protheses Further Disputed
A new study shows that
amputees who use
running-specific prosthetic
legs have no performance
advantage over counterparts
... > full story
Regeneration Can Be Achieved After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Scientists report that
regeneration of central
nervous system axons can be
achieved in rats even when
treatment delayed is more
than a year after the
... > full story
Biologically Active 'Scaffold' May Help Humans Replace Lost Or Missing Bone
Scientists have developed a
biologically active
"scaffold" made from soluble
fibers which may help humans
replace lost or missing
... > full story
- Applause For The SmartHand: Human-machine Interface Is Essential Link In Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand
- Notion That Amputee Runners Gain Advantage From Protheses Further Disputed
- Regeneration Can Be Achieved After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
- Biologically Active 'Scaffold' May Help Humans Replace Lost Or Missing Bone
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More Action Is Needed To Support Millions Of Tinnitus Sufferers Worldwide, Review Finds
November 4, 2009 — One in seven people worldwide will suffer from tinnitus (ringing in the ears) at some point. It is the most common injury arising from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and 75 pecent of 18 to 30 ... > full story -
What Part Do Relapses Play In Severe Disability For People With MS?
November 4, 2009 — People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, ... > full story -
Polymer May Allow Soldiers With Artificial Limbs To Feel Heat, Cold, Touch
October 26, 2009 — Current prosthetics may look natural, but they're still primitive -- offering patients no real neurological control other than opening or closing their hand. But for U.S. soldiers who have lost arms ... > full story -
Master Regulator Found For Regenerating Nerve Fibers In Live Animals
October 26, 2009 — Researchers have found an essential factor for regenerating neurons in the central nervous system, which normally can't regenerate. This enzyme, or factors that stimulate it, could lead to a possible ... > full story -
Time-keeping Brain Neurons Discovered
October 23, 2009 — Researchers have identified populations of neurons that code time with extreme precision in the primate brain. These neurons are found in two interconnected brain regions, the prefrontal cortex and ... > full story -
Reprogramming Patient's Eye Cells May Herald New Treatments Against Degenerative Disease
October 23, 2009 — Scientists have overcome a key barrier to the clinical use of stem cells with a technique which transforms regular body cells into artificial stem cells without the need for introducing foreign ... > full story -
Scientists Show How Tiny Cells Deliver Big Sound In Cochlea
October 23, 2009 — Researchers say they have, for what is believed to be the first time, managed to measure and record the elusive electrical activity of the type II neurons in the snail-shell-like structure called the ... > full story -
Identifying Safe Stem Cells To Repair Spinal Cords
October 23, 2009 — Adult stem cells tested for defects before being implanted in the injured spinal cords of mice helped the animals recover with no cancerous side effects, according to new research. In recent years, ... > full story -
Low-Carb Diet Speeds Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury
October 22, 2009 — A diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates, known as the "ketogenic" diet, quickens recovery in paralyzed rats after spinal cord injury, according to new ... > full story
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