Major progress in health through technology
<p><span word="Today">Today</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="signals">signals</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="robotic">robotic</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="experimental">experimental</span> <span word="gene">gene</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="computers">computers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="paralyzed">paralyzed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neck">neck</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="specially">specially</span>-<span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="motorized">motorized</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="arm">arm</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="limbs">limbs</span>.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="motorized">motorized</span> <span word="arm">arm</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="prosthetic">prosthetic</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="limb">limb</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="made">made</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Jan">Jan</span> <span word="Scheuermann">Scheuermann</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="degenerative">degenerative</span> <span word="neuromuscular">neuromuscular</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="paralyzed">paralyzed</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neck">neck</span> <span word="down">down</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="arms">arms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="legs">legs</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="motorized">motorized</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="arm">arm</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="five">five</span>-<span word="fingered">fingered</span>, <span word="fully">fully</span>-<span word="jointed">jointed</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="enables">enables</span> <span word="Ms">Ms</span>. <span word="Scheuermann">Scheuermann</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pick">pick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="objects">objects</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="feed">feed</span> <span word="herself">herself</span>.</p><p><span word="Neurobiologist">Neurobiologist</span> <span word="Andrew">Andrew</span> <span word="Schwartz">Schwartz</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prosthetic">prosthetic</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="about">about</span> 200 <span word="electrodes">electrodes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="cerebral">cerebral</span> <span word="cortex">cortex</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="cerebral">cerebral</span> <span word="cortex">cortex</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>.</p><p><span word="Dr">Dr</span>. <span word="Schwartz">Schwartz</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="electrodes">electrodes</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>.</p>
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