Patient using bionic hand system to eat a chocolate. This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-machine interfaces. In ...

Advances in bionic prosthetics are taking a major step forward. Thanks to recent research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), amputees could soon regain the sensation of walking ...

For most of us, they’re a medical marvel, but for amputees or those born without body parts, prosthetics are a true lifeline. Incredibly, the very first prosthetic known to human history dates back ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

While we’ve seen some extraordinary prosthetics recently—including one that is a real steampunk dream come true—a company by the name of Esper Bionics has developed a bionic hand that appears to work ...

It is projected that there are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Those that do have access to prostheses are often ...

Bionic arms for kids have a come long way from where they started 10 years ago in Central Florida. They couldn’t hold much. They were costly to make and replace for growing kids. And they didn’t have ...

THE FUTURE — For most, a disembodied hand inching its way across a table would be something found only in a horror movie or stress-induced dream. But for Tilly Lockey, removing the detachable hand ...

Cleveland Clinic has debuted a bionic arm that does not only act as a wearable device to complete one's body back, but it also features that can communicate with the brain for its function. This means ...