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Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out of “Star Wars” is giving at least one woman significant relief from that pain. She now has a functioning bionic prosthetic hand that can feel some sensations and help her do about 80% of what she used to do with both hands. ....
A woman has become the first human to receive a robotic limb fused with both her nervous and skeletal systems and she's being dubbed the "real bionic woman." ....