Limb news and milestones

In observations on the morning of September 21, 2026, a new active region is rotating into view from the sun's northeast limb. At present, it has not developed into any large-sca…

Chronic arm and hand hemiparesis is a major cause of disability after stroke. Unfortunately, standard-of-care rehabilitation falls well short of the high doses required to experi…

Zeidan discusses how magic mushrooms might help reduce amputees' pain.

Vertebrate limb development is a classic developmental model. In this Review the authors discuss how existing models of this process might be integrated and might form a framewor…

Recently, a team of researchers revealed the source of phantom limb sensations: The brain's map of the body stays largely the same even after a limb is lost.

The brain's body map doesn't reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study found, challenging a textbook idea in neuroscience

The salamander's ability to regrow limbs and even organs could be the key to regenerative medicine in humans.

Axolotls are champion regenerators. A surprising chemical makes it possible.

What decades-old studies can teach us about psychedelics, phantom limb pain, and neuroplasticity

An anthropologist who studies human-computer interactions explores how and why losing one's smartphone feels so unsettling.

British scientists have developed simple ways for those in danger areas to make complex medical equipment quickly

The atmospheric properties of hot exoplanets are expected to be different between the morning and the evening limbs due to their global atmospheric circulation. Ground-based obse…

Evolution is a blind watchmaker; we, on the other hand, can see.

Computer interface links signals from the brain to an artificial limb, giving the wearer better balance, flexibility and speed.

Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a group of conditions that causes muscle weakness and wasting. Learn about symptoms, causes, treatments, and more.

Sonic hedgehog, SHH, is required for patterning the limb. The array of skeletal elements that compose the hands and feet, and the ordered arrangement of these bones to form the p…

Limb onset ALS means that symptoms affect the extremities, such as the arms and legs, first. Learn more here.

A first-of-its-kind map of human limb development could help prevent a common type of birth defect in the future.

Their study demonstrates how spinal cord stimulation, triggered by pressure sensors on a prosthetic foot, can restore sensation in the missing foot and significantly reduce phant…