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Preference given to medical personnel, people who are healthy, younger. Source: The Boston Globe

The bioprinter enables surgeons to deposit scaffolds—or materials to help support cellular and tissue growth—directly into the defect sites within weakened skeletal muscles. Biomedical engineers at the UConn School of Dental Medicine recently developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that could...…

Bionic limbs, long the stuff of science fiction fantasy, are becoming reality. An extremely rare vascular disease caused New Hampshire’s Morgan Stickney, a pre-med student and elite swimmer, to have both legs amputated. Source: PBS

Why is it that some knots seem to hold tight while others readily slip apart? Source: AAAS

Morgan Stickey began training for the Paralympics after having her left leg amputated below the knee. But a familiar pain struck again. Source: New York Times

Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future with a mail-order limb, rerouted nerve, and prosthetic hand that grips like the real thing. Source: STAT

Gillian Reny was severely injured -- she was watching the 2013 race near the finish line. Today, her Stepping Strong organization celebrates five years of raising funds for trauma care and research at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Source: WCVB

Tormented by pain, Morgan Stickney made the agonizing decision to have her lower leg removed. The groundbreaking procedure may change the course of her life, and the future of amputations. Source: The New York Times

For amputees, robotic limbs that move like the real thing and are controlled by the mind are a game changer. The “smart limbs” being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are possible because of the Ewing Amputation. The procedure…

The Homeland Security Department’s Stop the Bleed initiative aims to turn bystanders into rescuers. Source: CBS