A team of engineers has recently created a breakthrough prosthetic hand that can deftly handle everyday objects.

The team then equipped Fidati’s prosthetic with heat-sensitive sensors, and small devices called thermodes, which can apply ...

In trials with rabbits and pigs that had damaged penis tissue, the 3D printed penis was able to restore sexual function. It ...

Another patient, Francesca Rossi, described the feeling as "beautiful," adding that her phantom limb "does not feel phantom ...

Excluding the 60 percent of elderly diabetic patients, the remaining 40 percent amputations result from birth defects and ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure.

Two years after losing a limb in one of the deadliest confrontations with Russian forces, Oleksandr Zozulyak is working at a ...

The demand for artificial limbs has been growing steadily due to an increasing number of amputations resulting from accidents, diabetes, vascular diseases, and congenital disabilities. Technological ...

Additionally, NASA has research programs to develop functional aids for individuals with disabilities in current U.S. spacecraft. A functional aid is any device that improves someone’s independence, ...