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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

AI Robot Successfully Performs Gallbladder Surgery

AI Robot Successfully Performs Gallbladder Surgery

The Guardian - 09-Jul-2025

Autonomous robot removes pig gallbladders with 100% success, paving way for future human trials

ScienceMachine raises 2.9m to accelerate biotech with AI

ScienceMachine raises 2.9m to accelerate biotech with AI

EU-Startups - 09-Jul-2025

AI startup ScienceMachine speeds up drug discovery by automating complex biotech data analysis

AI brings post-surgery wound monitoring home

AI brings post-surgery wound monitoring home

The Engineer - 08-Jul-2025

New AI system helps detect surgical site infections early through patient-submitted images

Robots help surgeons but challenge control and teamwork in hospitals

Robots help surgeons but challenge control and teamwork in hospitals

Live Forever Club - 07-Jul-2025

While promising better care, robots may limit access and shift team dynamics

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Medical Technology Resources

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Alex Telford on AI, drug discovery, digital twins, and the most interesting questions in biotech

Alex Telford on AI, digital twins, and biotech’s biggest questions

Ex-Neuralink Founder: AI Enhanced Bodies Are Nearly Here w/ Max Hodak

Max Hodak Announces the Arrival of AI-Enhanced Human Bodies

The Great Nerve

Amazon

The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes written by Dr Kevin Tracey

Longevity Med Summit 2026

06-May-2026

Leading summit for the Longevity medical industry (Lisboa, Portugal)

6th TimePie Longevity Forum

20-Sep-2025

China's premier annual event organised by TimePie (Shanghai, China)

The Age of Diagnosis

Amazon

How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker, written by Suzanne O'Sullivan

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Medical Technology Blog Posts

Neko Health body scan experience
09-May-2025

Neko Health body scan experience

I visited Neko Health’s new London clinic – what was it like?

Meet the Omes
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!

Oxford Immune Algorithmics developing AI-driven precision medicine for all – site visit report
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

Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
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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