Transforming Health with Medicine

As a teenager, Hugh Herr got lost during a blizzard on a mountain. He surived the ordeal but was gravely injured. “Both of my legs were amputated just below the knee due to tissue damage from frostbite,” he explained in a 2020 talk. As he adjusted to his new body, he said, “I began to imagine a world with such advanced technology that disability is no more.”