Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

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Bionic pancreas would manage blood sugar levels%2C with help from iPhone app Researchers hope to have device on the market in 2017 About 1 in 10 U.S. adults suffers from diabetes JACKSON, Miss. -- ...

BOSTON – One by one survivors who lost limbs in the Boston Marathon bombings crossed the finish line in Saturday's tribute run. Heather Abbott on a running blade. Celeste Corcoran with two prosthetic ...

The latest version of a bionic pancreas device has been successfully tested in two five-day clinical trials -- one in adults, the other in adolescents -- that imposed minimal restrictions on patient ...

Most of us do not think twice about picking up a cup of coffee, sending a quick text or carrying groceries in from the car. For people who use prosthetic hands, though, these everyday tasks can be a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Scientists have made big progress on a “bionic pancreas” to free some people with diabetes from the daily ordeal of managing their disease. A wearable, ...

Bertolt Meyer was born without a lower left arm. He started wearing his first prosthesis, or artificial arm, when he was 3 months old. Now at age 37, Meyer wears the futuristic i-limb — a high-tech ...

The first glasses in the world, it seems, were created some 700 years ago. It's taken until this year, 2014, for patients to receive the first FDA-approved bionic eyes. This breakthrough comes via ...