Meet the Next Generation of Doctors—and Their Surgical Robots
Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots ..
Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots ..
The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer. ..
A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying ..
Hospitals are evolving at warp speed, and autonomous surgical robots are just the beginning. ..
Two doctors, separated by thousands of miles, carried out a lifesaving operation using a robot. It’s the start of a major change in how surgery is performed. ..
A new kind of “edgeless” engineered tissue can fit any irregular shape, paving the way for hand and face grafts that look and move better. ..
2022 was a breakthrough year for xenotransplantation, a procedure that could be a lifeline for patients in desperate need of a donor. ..
Implanted devices let people control computers and prosthetic limbs with their minds. But nobody knows how long they’ll last—and when they’ll need ..
An experiment to change the blood type of donated organs could be a first step to shortening transplant wait times. ..
The paste sticks onto wet tissue firmly by repelling blood. Surgeons hope it can save time—and lives. ..