Nov. 27, 2007 — Amputees given prosthetic limbs could soon “feel” with their new hands or feet, after a team of scientists successfully rerouted two patients’ key nerves.

Scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University announced late Monday they had rerouted through their chests the nerves of two patients that had transferred sensation from the hand to the brain.

After several months during which the nerves re-established themselves in the chest muscles, physical pressure, heat and cold, and electrical stimulus were applied to the areas of the nerves and the patients said they could feel the effect.

More at Discovery News.

Comment: (What has any of this to do with politics and the economy? More later today…)