A Chinese man who was cut in half in 1995 has been fitted with a giant egg-cup type device and bionic legs. tags man walks bionic legs cut in half miracle walk again walkAfter reading the article, I can't get this song out of my head, so everyone sing along! I'm half the man I used to be... picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago |
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With all surviving odds against him, Peng Shulin’s body was cut in half by a large transport truck in 1995, leaving his doctors shocked and amazed by his survival. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
An orphaned baby Asian elephant crippled by a poacher's snare can now walk again thanks to an incredible jumbo-sized false foot. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A little boy crippled by a debilitating illness can walk again - thanks to Botox. The toxin, usually only used for cosmetic purposes, has transformed nine-year-old William Scott's life. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Now, he's starting to walk again with the help of prosthetic legs outfitted with Bluetooth technology more commonly associated with hands-free cell phones. picked by osiris12 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Neurosurgeon: Bills' Kevin Everett moved arms and legs, which means he could walk again. 3 comments edit related share plime.comFollow-up: picked by punthe 2 years ago |
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THE recipe for making any creature is written in its DNA. So last November, when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back to life. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
A three-pronged approach to treating spinal cord injuries allowed paralyzed rats to walk without receiving signals from the brain. picked by proverb 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
An Australian man who had been paralysed for more than 20 years is walking again after being injected with Botox. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
When Cordelia Cowsill was born, her future looked bleak indeed. She was suffering from an incurable genetic condition for which the only possible hope was to have half her brain removed. Doctors warned her parents, Amanda and Martyn Cowsill, that their daughter would never walk, talk, cry or smile like a normal child - even if she survived. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
He has been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years. Now a paraplegic man is walking again, and his doctors call it a miracle. 4 comments edit related share plime.comPolice then arrested him on an old domestic violence charge picked by Doggylives 5 months ago |
The woman with Proteus Syndrome has already met orthopedic surgeon Dr William Ertl and prosthetic maker Kevin Carroll to figure out what has to be done with her giant legs. Mandy Sellars' legs are 4 times bigger than the normal size that make her life difficult. picked by chappy 1 year ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
You’ve had a terrible car accident. But you’re still alive. The operations were a success. Doctors replaced your legs, arm, right ear and eye. Now they want to know if your functioning properly. They want to determine how bionic you are through a series of five short tests. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share science |
Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators. picked by bornbad 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
A huge American crocodile, suspected of eating three dogs in a Coral Gables neighborhood, has been caught and relocated for the second time. 1 comments edit related share plime.com*I don't know why Flori-duh gets all the cool stories* picked by Bornbad 12 months ago |