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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, Big Data, Digital Health, Digital Modeling, Laboratory Automation, Nanobots, Personalised Medicine, Precision Medicine, Robotic Surgery, Synthetic Biology.
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Under the pillow device uses brainwave patterns to prompt good sleep
Deep Medicine
In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help
Deep Longevity
AI to track the rate of ageing at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, system, physiological, and psychological levels
Plenty of Room for Biology at the Bottom: An Introduction to Bionanotechnology
The book that takes the reader from the fundamentals of nanobiology to the most advanced applications written by Ehud Gazit
The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
The book gives an exhaustive treatment of the biophysical properties of vesicles written by Pier Luigi Luisi
Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE
Prize given to development of a Tricorder device that diagnoses 13 health conditions and captures vital signs
Greg Fahy
World expert in organ cryopreservation, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder at Intervene Immune
Nokia Sensing Xchallenge
Prize given to sensing technology developed for any of the principal medical sensing domains
Medical Technology Blog Posts
04-Feb-2021
25-Jan-2021
Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
03-Jan-2017
Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)
Has a clever Autodoc chamber to diagnosis treat disease - would be surprising if it couldn't reverse ageing too by then
04-Aug-2015
Warts precision medicine got to do with it?
Skin growth as an example of where early diagnosis could save money, and put patients' minds at rest
21-Jul-2015
Virtual Bodies are Accelerating Research and Diagnostics
A quick summary of projects trying to recreate cells, tissues and organs in silico
Recent News
FDA grants approval for Neuralink to proceed with human trials
BBC - 26-May-2023
Neuralink's implants will still require extensive testing to overcome technical and ethical issues
Read more...Artificial Intelligence assists in discovery of potent antibiotic to combat superbugs
BBC - 25-May-2023
AI scrutinized a list of 6,680 compounds, ultimately shortlisting potential antibiotics in under two hours
Read more...AI model shows promise in speeding up cancer detection and diagnosis
The Guardian - 30-Apr-2023
Potential to fast-track patients to treatment and streamline CT scan analysis
Read more...Revolutionary bio-inspired molecules accelerate bone healing: a breakthrough for regenerative medicine
TU Dresden (University of Technology) - 28-Apr-2023
Novel molecules enhance bone regeneration in mice by 50%, paving the way for treatments for bone fractures and related conditions
Read more...AI chatbot outperforms doctors in written advice quality and empathy
The Guardian - 28-Apr-2023
ChatGPT demonstrates potential for assisting healthcare professionals in drafting patient communications, but caution advised
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