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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

Synthetic biology can turn microbes into tools for survival in space

Synthetic biology can turn microbes into tools for survival in space

Live Forever Club - 21-Jul-2025

These advances also benefit Earth with better health tech

AI-trained surgical robot can now help doctors in real-time

AI-trained surgical robot can now help doctors in real-time

Inside Precision Medicine - 18-Jul-2025

The robot followed camera cues and worked across systems

Eye scan reveals new potential for predicting cardiovascular events

Eye scan reveals new potential for predicting cardiovascular events

Sky News - 17-Jul-2025

AI predicted 10-year heart and stroke risk with 70% accuracy from 4,200 retinal scans

Wearable AI predicts human behaviour in crowds and workplaces

Wearable AI predicts human behaviour in crowds and workplaces

The Guardian - 17-Jul-2025

It runs on nuclear energy and raises important questions about fairness

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How generative AI and ’Photoshop for proteins’ are transforming biopharma R&D

Podcast from Labiotech-Elise de Reus explores how their platform is putting tech into biotech

Whole-Body MRI Scans & the Power of Preventative Health - Andrew Lacy

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast- Andrew Lacy explores the role of whole-body MRI scans

Harnessing the body’s natural targeted protein degradation system to treat diseases

Podcast from Labiotech-Leveraging the body's protein degradation system to treat disease

Estonia’s biobank: Is this the first large-scale personalized medicine initiative?

Podcast from Labiotech-Estonia’s biobank: A pioneer in large-scale personalized medicine?

Targeting inflammation: A revolution in disease treatment

Podcast from Labiotech- Targeting inflammation: Transforming disease treatment

New German biotech spins out to develop radiotherapeutics

Podcast from Labiotech- German biotech launches to develop radiotherapy-based treatments

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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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