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Which New Technology Will Win the Race to Repair and Replace Our Organs?

Posted in Medicine on 2nd Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

An extraordinary competition is underway, one that could be more impactful to the human species than any other technological rivalry.

Google is developing cancer and heart attack detector

Posted in Medicine on 28th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Google is aiming to diagnose cancers, impending heart attacks or strokes and other diseases, at a much earlier stage than is currently possible.

Surgeons transplant heart that had stopped beating

Posted in Medicine on 25th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Surgeons in Australia say they have performed the first heart transplant using a "dead heart".

Heart disease warning factors 'missed by many adults'

Posted in Medicine on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Many adults in the UK are unaware of the risk factors for heart disease, according to a new poll.

A batteryless cardiac pacemaker based on self-winding wristwatch

Posted in Hardware on 3rd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

A new batteryless cardiac pacemaker controlled by a self-winding wristwatch mechanism that is powered by heart motion has been developed by researchers.