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The neural-enhanced prosthetic hand was developed by researchers at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research in Fayetteville and transplanted through surgery at UAMS.
The first Arkansan and only second person in the world has received an innovative prosthetic hand, developed by researchers at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R).
The study, co-directed by James Abbas, has the potential to deliver "meaningful sensations of touch, grip force and hand opening" to users, the university said in a news release.
Fans of science fiction are often treated to tales about miraculous technological advances that would restore not only the functionality of a lost human limb, but also its lost tactile sensations.