Special Report: The New Medicine

After a Stroke: Regaining Muscle Control

A “music glove” based on the video game Frets on Fire makes rehabilitation more fun

Synapse Microarray Will Hold Neurons in Place

Treating Alzheimer’s with drugs that enhance synaptic strength

Paraplegic Patient Tests a Medical Exoskeleton

Helping paralyzed people and those with spinal injuries to stand and walk

Brain-Computer Interface for Spinal Cord Injury

Sensors use the brain’s electrical signals to power a robotic arm

 

Artificial Materials to Repair Damaged Nerves and Disappear

Plastic biomaterials would electrically stimulate nerves to grow faster

Harvesting Blood From Limpets for a Cancer Vaccine

Using a California snail to treat Alzheimer’s and autoimmune diseases

A Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Device Inspired by the Mosquito

Fiberoptic microneedles will deliver chemotherapy drugs—or nanoparticles that are even more cutting-edge