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Healing the Wounds of War

Soldiers volunteer to put themselves into harm's way and the reality of war is that some of those soldiers come home harmed. Northeast Ohio researchers are doing cutting edge work to help these wounded warriors restore some of what they've lost. Science is developing revolutionary replacement limbs that mimic real arms and legs, and electrodes that bypass broken neural pathways in soldiers with spinal cord injuries, restoring function. Healing the wounds of war, Wednesday morning at 9 on The Sound of Ideas.

Listen to the "Healing the Wounds of War" broadcast on WVIZ/Ideastream.

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May 22, 2013

Neuroprosthetics: Once More, With Feeling

Neuroprosthetics: Once More, With Feeling

Prosthetic arms are getting ever more sophisticated. Now they just need a sense of touch. The Modular Prosthetic Limb will help patients to feel and manipulate objects just as they would with a native hand.

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April 9, 2013

CWRU Study of BrainGate Could Help Paralyzed Patients Regain Movement

CWRU Study of BrainGate Could Help Paralyzed Patients Regain Movement

A group of engineers at Case Western Reserve University, whose goal is to help people with paralysis regain the use of their limbs, is launching a clinical trial to study a system that will measure how these people's brains communicate movement.

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March 14, 2013

Case Western Reserve University Joins BrainGate Clinical Trial

Case Western Reserve University Joins BrainGate Clinical Trial

Experts in muscle stimulation technology and brain-computer interfaces working to restore movement for people with paralysis

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