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Better Insights Needed Into Failure Mechanisms Of Hip Replacements
If a hip prosthesis
implanted to replace a
worn-out joint itself fails,
then what are the reasons?
Until now this problem has
... > full story
Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
Four months after a
successful hand transplant
-- 35 years after amputation
in an industrial accident at
age 19 -- a 54-year-old
... > full story
Fine Balance: Class Of Spinal Cord Neurons Makes Sure That Sides Of Body Don't Get Ahead Of One Other
Once a toddler has mastered
the art of walking, it seems
to come naturally for the
rest of her life. But
walking and running require
... > full story
Helping People With Disabilities Make Use Of Public Transport
In an ideal world, all buses
would be wheelchair friendly
and train timetables would
be available as audio
recordings for the visually
impaired. Reality has yet to
... > full story
- Better Insights Needed Into Failure Mechanisms Of Hip Replacements
- Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
- Fine Balance: Class Of Spinal Cord Neurons Makes Sure That Sides Of Body Don't Get Ahead Of One Other
- Helping People With Disabilities Make Use Of Public Transport
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Protein Shown To Play A Key Role In Normal Development Of Nervous System
October 7, 2008 — A protein that enables nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a key role in controlling the developing nervous system. Research into how that protein helps precise connections to form among ... > full story -
Thousands Of Deaf Patients Struggling To Access Basic Health Care
October 6, 2008 — Thousands of Deaf patients are receiving inadequate healthcare because they are struggling to communicate with healthcare professions, say experts in a new ... > full story -
Olfactory Bulb Glial Cell Transplant Preserves Muscles In Paraplegic Rats
October 3, 2008 — Researchers have analysed the degree of preservation in the skeletal muscles of paraplegic rats treated with a transplant of Olfactory bulb glial cells (OBG). Pioneering research established that ... > full story -
Space Tech Prosthetic Leg Helps To Reach Long-jump World Record
October 3, 2008 — German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world ... > full story -
Nanoparticles Used To Deliver Treatment For Brain, Spinal Cord Injuries
October 2, 2008 — Researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. Scientists coated silica nanoparticles with a polymer to target and repair ... > full story -
Pain Is Not A Symptom Of Arthritis, Pain Causes Arthritis, Study Shows
September 30, 2008 — Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent and damaging part of the disease itself, according to a study in journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. More specifically, the study ... > full story -
Voice-Commanded Robot Wheelchair Finds Its Own Way
September 29, 2008 — A new kind of autonomous wheelchair under development can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal ... > full story -
New Tool To Assess Speech Development In Infants, Toddlers With Hearing Impairments
September 29, 2008 — The number of hearing impaired infants and toddlers who are successfully aided by technological devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, continues to grow, but there are still unknowns ... > full story -
Novel Mechanism To Reduce Nervous System Inflammation Identified
September 28, 2008 — Researchers have discovered a new way to limit inflammation caused by the activation of microglia -- key immune cells in the brain. Although the role of such cells is to "clean up damage" after ... > full story -
Cochlear Implants In Children A Safe Procedure, Study Suggests
September 26, 2008 — In the six decades since French and American surgeons implanted the first cochlear hearing devices, the procedure in children has become reliable, safe, and relatively free of severe complications, ... > full story
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