Developments of new strategies to restore vision and improving on current strategies by harnessing new advancements in material and electrical sciences, and biological and genetic-based technologies ...

As Myanmar’s civil war leaves more survivors with limb loss, a lab in Thailand’s Mae Sot is turning to 3D printing to cut costs and streamline  prosthetic production.

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways ...

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Bone Tumor, Shanghai 10th People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Background: Prostheses ...

After the initial shock of the Boston Marathon bombings wore off, many people began to wonder—quite rightly—what the future would hold for those who lost limbs in the explosions. In the past, the ...

Blindness affects millions of people around the world. A promising solution to restoring a form of vision for some individuals are cortical visual prostheses, which bypass part of the impaired visual ...

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Women with breast cancer often face changes to their bodies that can affect them psychologically After surgery to remove a breast or both, use of a well-fitted prosthesis or wig can support the ...

Mary Mwangi turned to her knitting needles for solace during her cancer treatment – and then used them to help other women ...