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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look ...

Djurica Resanovic lost his leg in a motorbike accident several years ago which resulted in amputation above the knee. Thanks to novel neuroprosthetic leg technology, Resanovic was successfully merged ...

For better or worse, war has provided the impetus for new medical technology. The latest wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sent home many men and some women who suffered the loss of legs and arms.

Researchers have developed a new type of surgery that reconnects severed muscles in a patient's residual limb after a below-the-knee amputation, enabling amputees to walk more naturally than those who ...

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Zac Vawter, fitted with an experimental "bionic" leg, looks out from the Ledge at the Willis Tower, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in Chicago. Vawter is training for the world's tallest stair-climbing event ...

Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old software engineer from Seattle, Washington, celebrates after climbing to the top of the 103-story Willis Tower using the world's first neural-controlled Bionic leg in Chicago ...