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 ...

STORY: In a Nigerian laboratory, Gift Usen experienced something she’d dreamed of her entire life: the feeling of having two complete hands. Born with her left arm ending at the elbow, she tested a ...

Losing an arm cuts more than muscle and bone. It also severs the easy, wordless link between what you want to do and what ...

Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional, or just don’t feel like a part of someone’s body. But in a recent study in iScience, ...

MOUNT VERNON, New York (WABC) -- After a five-year-old endured a life-threatening illness, doctors gave him new tools to brighten his future. Steffon Carter started first grade at Mt Pleasant ...

Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs.

FRISCO, Texas — At 7 years old, Siddarth Nandyala's parents bought him his first STEM kit. They never realized it would lead their son to becoming an inventor and entrepreneur at a young age. Now 13, ...

Since Furiosa’s introduction in Mad Max: Fury Road, viewers have wondered how she lost her left arm. The film did not cover that part, though director George Miller stated in an interview with Rotten ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a prosthetic hand that gave an Italian man with a missing limb the ability to feel sensations of warmth and coolness when touching various objects. The new device ...

For his senior project at Bob Jones University, Bella's older brother Vitaliy created a prosthetic arm for his sister, enabling her to have an easier time doing things she enjoys, like playing cards ...