Accidents, combat injuries, birth defects, and disease may result in the loss of limbs or orthopedic impairment. Patients will turn to Orthotists and Prosthetists to design and fabricate devices such ...

The distance between prosthetic and real is shrinking. Thanks to advances in batteries, brain-controlled robotics, and AI, today’s mechanical limbs can do everything from twist and point to grab and ...

Alex Parra has always been athletic — before being diagnosed with Stage 2 osteosarcoma, he was training to compete at the high school state swimming championships. "I always wanted to just be as ...

Graduate student Peyton Young works with a robotic arm controlled by electromyography (EMG) signals. Young has now developed a technique to use pressure measurements from muscles (force myography, FMG ...

BYUtv's The Wizard of Paws follows Derrick Campana, a man who makes custom mobility devices for animals, as he travels the U.S. in his mobile "limb lab" to make prosthetics for pets in need Kelli ...

Young adults from Tanzania with albinism who’ve survived attacks from “black magic” believers visit the U.S. through Global Medical Relief Fund.