Scientists restore nerve sensation from amputated limb in chest


	Scientists restore nerve sensation from amputated limb in chest

onleyone

11-27-2007 6:53 AM

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nerve, chest, amputated, amputee, walter reed, army, feelartificial limb, prosthetic

onleyone says:

wow!

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				  <IMG width="245" vspace="2" hspace="10" height="163" title="An amputee at Walter Reed Hospital" alt="An amputee at Walter Reed Hospital VA. Amputees could feel their lost arms and hands after scientists reconnected the nerves to their chests in an experiment that holds promise for providing sensation in artificial limbs" class="imglft" src="http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/SGE.DSU55.261107222940.photo00.quicklook.default-245x163.jpg" />
	 	   		  <DIV class="txtSub">An amputee at Walter Reed Hospital, VA. Amputees could "feel" their lost arms and hands after scientists reconnected the nerves to their chests in an experiment that holds promise for providing sensation in artificial limbs</DIV><BR clear="left" />
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Amputees could "feel" their lost arms and hands after scientists reconnected the nerves to their chests in an experiment that holds promise for providing sensation in artificial limbs, according to a report released Monday.
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In two patients who had lost arms, scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University rerouted to their chests the key nerves that had transferred sensation from the hand to the brain.
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