AI falls short in predicting suicide and self-harm
Inside Precision Medicine - 12-Sep-2025Review shows machine learning misses over half of high-risk patients, echoing flaws of older tools
Medical Technology
What's new in medical technology related to living forever? Although it will be the underlying biotechnology that cures ageing, we'll need plenty of new technology along the way to apply new treatments and to keep us healthy.
Click the links below for news and information on specific subjects as as big data (using AI to diagnose disease), nanobots (precision guided drug delivery) and robotic surgery (not as exciting as it sounds... yet).Read more about: 3D Printing in Healthcare, AI in Healthcare, Assistive Technology, Digital Health, Digital Modeling, Laboratory Automation, Nanobots, Personalised Medicine, Precision Medicine, Robotic Surgery, Synthetic Biology.
Medical Technology News
Blood test trial aims to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis in UK
BBC - 11-Sep-2025UCL-led study tests p-tau217 blood marker to boost accuracy and speed of dementia detection
First AI-guided gallbladder surgery with MARS
MassDevice - 10-Sep-2025AI-driven camera boosts surgical precision, marking a step toward autonomous operating rooms
3D-printed artificial skin with blood vessels developed in Sweden
Wired - 10-Sep-2025New bioprinting methods enable vascularized skin, advancing burn and trauma treatment
Medical Technology Resources
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Accelerating Healthy Longevity: From Code to Clinic
25-Sep-2025
This event celebrates the full spectrum of longevity and how it’s shaping the future of wellness, population health and our cities (London, UK)
Alex Zhavoronkov is building pharma superintelligence
Levity Podcast Episode- Alex Zhavoronkov is advancing pharma-focused AI superintelligence
1st NEXii Longevity Congress
08-Oct-2025
Exploring the latest advancements and opportunities in the dynamic field of longevity tech (Porto, Portugal)
09-May-2025
Neko Health body scan experience
I visited Neko Health’s new London clinic – what was it like?
24-Jan-2024
Meet the Omes
The biology of ageing looks at way more than just the genome and microbiome - here's 20 to start with!
26-Oct-2023
Oxford Immune Algorithmics developing AI-driven precision medicine for all – site visit report
Algocyte platform uses algorithmic inverse problem solving to aid clinicians in their diagnosis
04-Feb-2021
Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test
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Assistive Technology, Augmented Reality (AR), Automated Specimen Monitoring, Autonomous Research, Biobatteries, Biomechanics, Bioprocessing, Biopsy, Bioreactor, Biotechnology, Blood Test, Brain Implants, Breath Biopsy, Care Robots, Cleaning Robots, Clinical Chatbots, Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS), Colonoscopy, Companion Robots, CT Scan
