A Portland trauma surgeon needed unusual tools Thursday for the operation: a glue gun, aluminum foil, plastic wrap and orange string. Dr. Albert Chi even called out for scotch tape as if asking for a ...

March 29 (UPI) --Break-through technology gave a man with quadriplegia the ability to move his right arm and hand again after not being able to for nearly a decade. Bill Kochevar was paralyzed below ...

During embryonic life, the emergence of body limbs is orchestrated by a family of architect genes, which are themselves regulated by two DNA structures. While the first presides over the construction ...

Mirror hand syndrome, also known as ulnar dimelia, is an extremely rare congenital (meaning it's there from the time you're born) birth defect that affects your hand. In some cases, your forearm and ...

A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were ...