On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Contrary to long-standing assumptions about massive cortical reorganization following limb loss, this longitudinal study reveals that the brain’s somatosensory map is far more stable than previously believed. 🔍 Study Design: A Rare Longitudinal Window While past research on cortical reorganization often relied on cross-sectional comparisons between amputees and controls, this study by Schone et al. took a... Continue Reading →
How Do We Delay Decay? In 2012, the Repair, Regeneration, and Replacement Revisited lecture posed a fundamental question: How do we delay the inevitable decline of the human body? Now, 13 years later, that question is more relevant than ever. With AI-driven health technologies, regenerative medicine, and bioengineered solutions, we stand at the edge of a new medical revolution. We revisit... Continue Reading →
Imagine a future where prosthetics are seamlessly controlled by the brain, restoring not only mobility but also a sense of wholeness to individuals who have lost limbs. A recent New Yorker article, “A Bionic Leg Controlled by the Brain” (read it here), introduces the revolutionary work of Hugh Herr, a visionary inventor and scientist, whose personal journey and cutting-edge... Continue Reading →
From Smithsonian Magazine An experimental brain-computer interface has allowed one man who is paralyzed below the neck to gain the ability to type by thinking about handwriting, according to research published on May 12 in the journal Nature.
Via the Independent: The first wireless commands to a computer have been demonstrated in a breakthrough for people with paralysis. The system is able to transmit brain signals at “single-neuron resolution and in full broadband fidelity”, say researchers at Brown University in the US. A clinical trial of the BrainGate technology involved a small transmitter... Continue Reading →
Via SciTech Daily What is happening in your brain as you are scrolling through this page? In other words, which areas of your brain are active, which neurons are talking to which others, and what signals are they sending to your muscles? Mapping neural activity to corresponding behaviors is a major goal for neuroscientists developing... Continue Reading →
