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21st Feb 2011

Pioneering Prosthetics - Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Surgery Hands Back Control


Ben Valsler
Dave Ansell
Retired Staff Sgt. Bradley K. Gruetzner explains his prosthetic arm to servicemembers at Al Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Iraq, June 21.

In this NewsFlash, we’ll find out how an isolated population of people in Ecuador may hold the genetic key to a disease free life, and how hibernating bears slow their metabolic rate far more than expected, and may one day help us to reach for the stars!  Plus, they mysterious Death Valley rocks that seem to move around on their own, and how re-routing nerves can allow amputees to move a prosthetic limb more naturally than ever before.
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(c) Emw @ wikipedia

Dwarfism Gene - Key to a Long and Healthy Life?

An isolated population of people in Ecuador could hold the genetic key to a long and healthy life, according to research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine this week...  
(c) NASA/ IBEX science team

Picture of Earth's plasma tail

First picture of the Earth's plasma tail has been taken, and it is more dynamic than expected.
(c) Photograph by Øivind Tøien/Institute of Arctic Biology/University of Alaska Fairbanks

Black Bears may send us to the Stars

Alaskan black bears do not hibernate in the same way as other, smaller, mammals and an understanding of how they achieve their winter’s rest may help improve medical care and open the door to deep space travel...
(c) Maveric149

Mysterious death valley moving rocks

Mysterious moving stones in a Death Vally lake bed may have been solved.

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(c) The U.S. Army

Targeted Muscle Re-Innervation Pushes Prosthetic Performance

When someone loses a limb, although it's possible to replace the missing part with a prosthesis, making it move is another matter entirely. But a technique being pioneered at the University of Chicago could change that...
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