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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

Safer DNA and RNA delivery tested in mice and monkeys

Safer DNA and RNA delivery tested in mice and monkeys

Live Forever Club - 17-Sep-2025

This could help treat many diseases by fixing problems at the source

AI model brings precision to COPD diagnosis and risk prediction

AI model brings precision to COPD diagnosis and risk prediction

University of Auckland, New Zealand - 15-Sep-2025

Machine learning predicted COPD with 86% accuracy, offering hope for earlier, tailored care

Soil microbes yield hidden antibiotic treasures

Soil microbes yield hidden antibiotic treasures

Drug Target Review - 15-Sep-2025

Scientists uncover new bacterial genomes and two potent antibiotic leads from soil

AI falls short in predicting suicide and self-harm

AI falls short in predicting suicide and self-harm

Inside Precision Medicine - 12-Sep-2025

Review shows machine learning misses over half of high-risk patients, echoing flaws of older tools

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Medical Technology Resources

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Company developing and selling nanopore sequencing products

Sava

London-based biosensor startup

Superpower

Health tech startup offering an AI-powered “health super-app”

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

Viome

Gut Microbiome Testing, Precision Health and supplements company

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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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