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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2011 · 18 MIN

Pioneering Prosthetics - Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Surgery Hands Back Control - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.02.11

from Naked Scientists NewsFLASH · host Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists

In this NewsFlash, we'll find out how an isolated population of people in Ecuador may hold the genetic key to a disease free life, and how hibernating bears slow their metabolic rate far more than expected, and may one day help us to reach for the stars! Plus, they mysterious Death Valley rocks that seem to move around on their own, and how re-routing nerves can allow amputees to move a prosthetic limb more naturally than ever before.

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