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A better way to amputate

 

via Harvard Magazine

Aug. 15, 2017

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“We give the transected nerves a home to live in, and they grow back into the muscles.” In Harvard Magazine, Biomechatronics researcher Shriya Srinivasan explains how a new amputation technique offers greater control of prostheses, with less pain and fewer complications.

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