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Bionic interventions might allow people to one day design their own limbs.
"If we think about bionic limbs as more of a therapy, as treatment," a bioethicist told NOVA, "then we can start to take away some of the disparate access to artificial limbs that are very technologically advanced."
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Increasing Access to Brain-Controlled Prosthetics
Clip: Season 49 Episode 4 | 2m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
"If we think about bionic limbs as more of a therapy, as treatment," a bioethicist told NOVA, "then we can start to take away some of the disparate access to artificial limbs that are very technologically advanced."
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