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.
Resources
Senolytic Therapeutics (Senolytx)
- Pharmaceutical company that develops a novel class of medicines by targeting damaged cells.
Skorpion Engineering
- Rapid Prototyping, Rapid manufacturing, Design & Co-Design, Finishes & Services.
Velabs Therapeutics
- Fast generation of functional therapeutic antibodies.
Molecule
- Software platform to accelerate innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Calico
- Combating aging and associated diseases. An Alphabet (Google) subsidiary.
Granules India Ltd.
- Generic pharmaceutical company.
Marksans Pharma
- Company focused on Pharmaceutical Drug Formulation manufacturing, Development and marketing of finished dosage.
Amneal
- US-based manufacturer of generic drugs.
Apotex
- Manufacturer of generic medicines.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals
- A global pharmaceutical company.
Medical Technology Blog Posts
Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)
03-Jan-2017
Warts precision medicine got to do with it?
04-Aug-2015
Virtual Bodies are Accelerating Research and Diagnostics
21-Jul-2015
Laboratory Automation - only the white coats remain
24-Apr-2015
Medical technology meets Moore's Law equals in vivo diagnostics
18-Feb-2015
Recent News
Alex Zhavoronkov explains why AI can help in peer reviewing drug development research
Nature Biotechnology - 14-Sep-2020
An automated sense-check of publications sounds like a good idea
Read more...Mass production possible of laser powered/guided robots small enough to inject
New Scientist - 26-Aug-2020
You could fit 50,000 of these in a drop of blood - nanomedicine is getting closer
Read more...Lasers tuned to break up plaques implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases
Tokyo University of Science (TUS) - 04-Aug-2020
Early days but interesting alternative to chemicals which are handicapped by blood brain barrier
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