Tiny particles one-billionth of a meter in size can be loaded with high concentrations of drugs designed to kill brain cancer. What's more, these nanoparticles can be used to image and track tumors as well as destroy them, according to res...

A study suggests that brain and behavior relationships may have changed in a profound way as larger, more complex insect societies evolved from smaller, simpler ones. Researchers headed by Sean O'Donnell, a University of Washington ass...

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC) today announced the presentation of pooled results from two randomized Phase 3 clinical trials, which indicate that Xcytrin(R) (motexafin gadolinium) Injection combined with whole brain radiation therapy...

MGI PHARMA, INC. (Nasdaq: MOGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, today summarized interim results from a phase 2 combination study of Gliadel(R) Wafer (polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant) in patients wi...

We discuss state-of-the-art passive devices for enhancing upper- and lower-limb movement in people with neuromuscular disabilities. Special emphasis is placed on a passive functional upper-limb orthosis called the Wilmington Robotic Exoske...

People with muscular diseases have difficulty raising their arms against gravity. We developed an arm support device in which a spring-loaded mechanism balances the arm in all configurations. Consequently, very little muscle force is neede...

Robots provide an excellent platform from which to study recovery at the behavioral level. We reviewed some initial insights about the process of recovering upper-limb behavior that have emerged from our work. For pragmatic reasons, we pri...

A principle of motor learning is that movement practice improves motor function; the role of applying robotic forces in improving motor function is still unclear. We offer an interim analysis of our early experience with robot-assisted the...

We reviewed our work with the Mirror Image Movement Enabler (MIME) robotic device to identify the essential therapeutic features. We compared robot-assisted therapy with conventional therapy and present trial results for shoulder and elbow...

We reviewed tools developed by our research groups to improve understanding of the mechanisms of locomotor adaptation during gait training following spinal cord injury, with a view toward implementing locomotor training with robotic device...