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An assistant researcher helped professor Veronica Santos develop touch sensitive prosthetic hands and arms for UCLA&#039;s Biomechatronics Lab. (Emily Cao/Daily Bruin)

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Veronica Santos has been working to improve medical mechanical devices since she injured her elbow during a high school basketball game. Santos said the accident helped her realize the importance of research in upper limb prosthetics.

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UCLA lab working to create machine that simulates touch

By Brianna Campbell

April 17, 2016 11:37 p.m.