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First use of retrograde gene therapy on a human heart

Posted in Medicine on 3rd Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Procedure delivers stem cells to the heart to repair damaged muscle and arteries.

Google Glass Makes Its Way Into Operating Rooms

Posted in Software on 2nd Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Hands-free devices like Google Glass can be really transformative when the hands they free are those of a surgeon.

Bioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade

Posted in Medicine on 23rd Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

A team of cardiovascular scientists has announced it will be able to 3D print a whole heart from the recipients' own cells within a decade.

3D printing to rebuild patient's face at Morriston Hospital

Posted in Hardware on 14th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

Surgeons in Swansea are using groundbreaking 3D printing technology to rebuild a patient's face which was crushed in a motorbike accident.

A Bio Patch that Can Regrow Bone

Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

A bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a nano sized particle that delivers bone producing instructions directly into cells.