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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

AbbVie ends 11-year Calico partnership focused on aging research

AbbVie ends 11-year Calico partnership focused on aging research

FierceBiotech - 12-Nov-2025

AbbVie ends its $1.75B Calico deal after the ALS drug fosigotifator failed in phase 2/3 trials

Lilly expands $100M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico Medicine

Lilly expands $100M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico Medicine

Longevity Technology - 11-Nov-2025

Insilico’s AI cut drug discovery to 18 months, spurring Lilly’s investment

Ion-pair coating hides nanoparticles from immune system

Ion-pair coating hides nanoparticles from immune system

Phys.org - 10-Nov-2025

PEG-free stealth shield lets enzyme nanocarriers circulate 100+ hours and starve tumours in mice

When the robot sounds kinder: how healthcare lost its human touch

When the robot sounds kinder: how healthcare lost its human touch

The Conversation (UK) - 07-Nov-2025

AI was judged more empathic than doctors using written responses, revealing a system-driven empathy gap

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Medical Technology Resources

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How AI Is revolutionizing synthetic biology and biomanufacturing

Beyond Biotech podcast - Héctor García Martín on why biology is hard to engineer

Yusuf Roohani

Machine learning researcher and Group Lead at the Arc Institute

Aging will be cured within 20 years — here’s why | Prof. Derya Unutmaz

Professor Derya Unutmaz claims AI will solve ageing within 20 years

6th TimePie Longevity Forum

20-Sep-2025

China's premier annual event organised by TimePie (Shanghai, China)

Drug Discovery 3.0: The Age of Designed Biology

18-Nov-2025

New monthly series sponsored by AlbionVC and hosted by UCL Engineering (London, UK)

Karl Pfleger Explains the Aging Biotech Explosion

Inside Tracker Podcast Episode-Karl Pfleger on the Biotech Boom in Aging

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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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