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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, Nanotechnology in Healthcare, Precision Medicine, Robotic Surgery, Synthetic Biology.

Medical Technology News

The surgeon who wants robots to democratize healthcare

The surgeon who wants robots to democratize healthcare

Forbes - 05-Dec-2025

Robotics pioneer Fred Moll backs AI-powered machines to expand access to complex surgery worldwide

AI app supports NHS patients in managing complex health conditions

AI app supports NHS patients in managing complex health conditions

Loughborough University - 05-Dec-2025

Personalized coaching boosts healthy habits and self-care for multimorbidity patients

3D printing could replace cadavers in radiology training

3D printing could replace cadavers in radiology training

3DPrint.com - 03-Dec-2025

New radiopaque models mimic real tissue on scans, making imaging education cheaper and repeatable

Circular Genomics raises $15M for early Alzheimer’s detection

Circular Genomics raises $15M for early Alzheimer’s detection

Longevity Technology - 02-Dec-2025

Blood-based circRNA signatures aim to spot Alzheimer’s risk years before symptoms appear

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Medical Technology Resources

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The Age of Diagnosis

Amazon

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

Hacking Humanity

Amazon

How technology can save your health and your life written by Lara Lewington

ARDD 2026 - 13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting

01-Aug-2026

Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organised by Uni of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Clinical Application of Interventional Medicine

Amazon

Book about endocrinology written by Mark Gordon

Replaceable You

Amazon

A rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy written by Mary Roach

Moonshots podcast

Podcast exploring bold ideas and tech to tackle global challenges

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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

New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope
27-Jan-2023

New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope

Including gene editing, immunotherapy, modified viruses, vaccines, personalised medicine, and nanotechnology

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