A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ...

Mary Mwangi, a breast cancer survivor, started knitting prostheses after her diagnosis. Her work has aided many other ...

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways ...

This will be the first clinic in Alabama, and one of the few nationwide, to offer 3D-printed sockets for prosthetics, says Carr, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and ...

Summer poses challenges for those who have undergone mastectomy. Learn how one breast cancer survivor found a way to embrace breastlessness while still feeling feminine. In just a few weeks, my family ...

After the initial shock of the Boston Marathon bombings wore off, many people began to wonder—quite rightly—what the future would hold for those who lost limbs in the explosions. In the past, the ...

Roboticists and engineers around the world are chasing after the next great prosthesis to help bring autonomy, control, and comfort back to more than 2 million amputees in the U.S. alone. But even the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. 8 prostheses that are changing lives These silicone aesthetic and functional prostheses are made to look realistic. Each prosthesis is custom-made by taking ...

Justine Bright (left) and Alison Kahn outside AKPM studios in Anchorage on Feb. 18, 2026. They're organizing support for HB272. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require insurance ...

In the Neural Engineering Center, we focus on neural prostheses—devices capable of supplementing or replacing damaged or lost functions of the nervous system. These devices rely on the ability to ...

A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ...