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After years of paralysis, a man drinks a beer with the help of a...

A new thought-controlled robotic arm taps into a different part of the brain than most, which its creators say may give its paralyzed users...

Controlling a Robotic Arm with a Patient’s Intentions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=14&v=F4wAvlA_Of0 Neural prosthetic devices implanted in the brain's movement center, the motor cortex, can allow patients with amputations or paralysis to control the movement of...

Brain implant controls robotic arm – with the power of thought

Erik Sorto, a 34-year old American, has been unable to move his arms or legs for more than a decade, since a gunshot wound...

Spinal Cord Injured Patient Able to Breathe Again

Patient Undergoes Pioneering Procedures by Surgeons from The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction SHREWSBURY, N.J., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In August 2012, Andrew Brown was on...

Star reporter Barbara Turnbull overcame debilitating injury to carve out a superlative career

Turnbull, who died Sunday afternoon at age 50, is remembered for her "strength, her bravery, the depth of her independence, her writing talent and...

15 years on ventilator: Hockessin man fosters awareness

It's the hugs that Jay Hawthorne misses most. A ventilator-dependent quadriplegic for the last 15 years, Hawthorne used to enjoy feeling his grandmother's comforting presence...

New technology a ‘game-changer’ for quadriplegic cattleman

Renowned quadriplegic cattleman Rob Cook has moved 2,500 kilometres across the country to trial new cattle yard technology he says is changing his world. The...

Man With Quadriplegia Who Flew Solo Around Australia Says He Hasn’t Yet ‘Reached The...

An Australian man who has high-level quadriplegia has learned to approach life with an incredible spirit. Dave Jacka was 19 years old when his motorcycle slammed into a tree more than two decades ago, leaving him paralyzed below his chest and without feeling in his fingers, but with limited shoulder, bicep and wrist function.

Jablonski Moving Forward, Three Years after Spinal Cord Injury

Jack Jablonski isn't letting a life-altering spinal cord injury get in the way of achieving his dreams. He's 19 years old now and just last month he started college at the University of Southern California.

Quadriplegic veteran to receive stem cell treatments

LAWTON, Okla. A stem cell surgery procedure, not yet approved by the FDA, could give a local paralyzed veteran the use of his arms...