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When faced with a debilitating limb or spinal injury, many patients can use prosthetics to help recover some of their normal function. Dr. Jaimie Henderson is applying that same principle to the human brain. Alongside his brilliant team, Dr. Henderson is using Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology to help patients who have suffered spinal cord …

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The field of neural prosthetics is typically associated with devices that enable patients to overcome a deficit in normal function after injury. However, Dr. Eric Leuthardt wants to challenge you to rethink how humans interact with machines. What if managing an injury is just the beginning? What if we could use neural interfaces to enhance …

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For 20 years, Dr. Vania Apkarian has dedicated his research to the study of pain and how our brain perceives that experience. More recently, his focus has shifted to how chronic pain develops in injured patients and how to better treat those affected. It’s a good thing too, because chronic pain impacts 1 in 5 …

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As a doctor, it’s my goal to help patients as much as I can, with whatever I can, as long as they are under my care. The last thing I would ever want is to prescribe medications that cause harm rather than good. That’s why I am so grateful for the research of Dr. Sara …

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