(CNN) — Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in ...

Scientists are testing the the first bionic leg fully controlled by the human nervous system to demonstrate natural walking speeds and gait patterns. (CNN) — Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven ...

Advances in bionic prosthetics are taking a major step forward. Thanks to recent research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), amputees could soon regain the sensation of walking ...

A first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that a new nervous system-controlled bionic leg helps leg amputees walk more naturally than traditional prosthesis. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

CHICAGO - Researchers have come up with new technology that may one day help amputee war veterans: an artificial leg that reads brain signals, and it's already being tested out. The bionic leg that ...

NEW YORK -- A grassroots charity is working to raise money to help a 17-year-old amputee. The boy, orphaned in South Africa, was born with deformed legs that were amputated. He's now a teenager living ...

The procedure allowed people to walk faster, climb stairs better and avoid obstacles more easily. Hugh Herr and Hyungeun Song In a clinical trial, researchers enabled people with prosthetic legs to ...

PORT RICHMOND, Staten Island (WABC) -- A grassroots charity is working to raise money to help a 17-year-old amputee. The boy, orphaned in South Africa, was born with deformed legs that were amputated.