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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

A new AI model can predict how diseases develop across a person’s life

A new AI model can predict how diseases develop across a person’s life

Live Forever Club - 07-Oct-2025

It warns, though, that predictions are not the same as causes

AI meets CRISPR: Algen and AstraZeneca join forces in $555m gene discovery deal

AI meets CRISPR: Algen and AstraZeneca join forces in $555m gene discovery deal

Longevity Technology - 06-Oct-2025

Partnership aims to uncover disease-driving genes and boost precision drug development

How AI is transforming Australian healthcare

How AI is transforming Australian healthcare

The Guardian - 03-Oct-2025

From chatbots to diagnostic tools, AI is reshaping patient care across Australia

Can Robot Surgeons Revolutionise the NHS?

Can Robot Surgeons Revolutionise the NHS?

Evening Standard - 03-Oct-2025

Robotic systems promise precision surgery but raise cost and training debates in the NHS

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Medical Technology Resources

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

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

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

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

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

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

Targeting inflammation: A revolution in disease treatment

Podcast from Beyond Biotech- Targeting inflammation: Transforming disease treatment

New German biotech spins out to develop radiotherapeutics

Podcast from Beyond Biotech- German biotech launches to develop radiotherapy-based treatments

Cutting through the AI hype in drug discovery

Podcast from Beyond Biotech- LabGenius: Cutting through AI hype in drug development

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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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