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McGill team uses vibrations to strengthen lab-grown tissues

McGill team uses vibrations to strengthen lab-grown tissues

McGill University - 25-Aug-2025

Vibration made tissues up to 4x stronger or weaker, offering new options for healing and repair

New machine called XPS system helps keep lungs alive outside the body for transplant

New machine called XPS system helps keep lungs alive outside the body for transplant

BBC - 23-Dec-2024

This technology reduces waiting times for people needing lung transplants

Openwater's breakthrough tech aims to revolutionize healthcare

Openwater's breakthrough tech aims to revolutionize healthcare

Longevity Technology - 26-Aug-2024

Transforming healthcare with non-invasive, drug-free technology

Revolutionary SPARXS technique accelerates DNA research by decades

Revolutionary SPARXS technique accelerates DNA research by decades

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) - 22-Aug-2024

New method speeds up DNA analysis, unlocking advances in genetics and medicine

Paralyzed patient regains digital control with Neuralink's implant, but technical issues persist

Paralyzed patient regains digital control with Neuralink's implant, but technical issues persist

Futurism - 18-May-2024

Loose wires caused setbacks, prompting a search for a second volunteer for testing

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Medical Technology Resources

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Hacking Humanity

Amazon

How technology can save your health and your life written by Lara Lewington

The Clinical Application of Interventional Medicine

Amazon

Book about endocrinology written by Mark Gordon

Replaceable You

Amazon

A rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy written by Mary Roach

OrganOx

Organ donation and medical equipment manufacturing company

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)

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Medical Technology Blog Posts

Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)
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

Medical technology meets Moore's Law equals in vivo diagnostics
18-Feb-2015

Medical technology meets Moore's Law equals in vivo diagnostics

In the 2040s we could all have swarms of sensors monitoring every part of our bodies

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