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Protons can be used to kill cancer cells

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Plastic wedge makes it much easier to make protons for cancer therapy

A plastic, wedge-shaped device could medical particle accelerators 100 times more efficient at generating the protons that can be used for cancer treatment

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Specimen from the Hunterian Museum, London

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Hunterian Museum puts anatomical curiosities back on display

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Wearable anti-anxiety device strokes your arm with a furry pompom

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Wearable anti-anxiety device strokes your arm with a furry pompom

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A laptop sits on a desk, opened to the homepage for the search engine Google. A person's hands enter from the left, with one hand's fingers placed on the laptop's keyboard.

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Google's AI is best yet at answering medical and health questions

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image of the steerable needle robot showing the robotic actuation unit and bronchoscope. Note that the steerable needle is not shown

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Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

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Detaching the bioadhesive ultrasound device from the skin

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Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

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Duct tape inspired bandage

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Medical dressing works like duct tape to seal internal wounds

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Wound dressing

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Electric wound dressing could help injuries heal faster

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Blood clot, 3d illustration. Inset: Miniature helical robot

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Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood vessels to clear blockages

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Circuit Board With Encoder And Decoder Binary Code Vector Background. Blue Abstract Brain Security Technology Illustration.

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Florian Solzbacher interview: Mind-reading implant may soon go on sale

The president of Blackrock Neurotech says the company’s brain-computer interface, designed for people who are paralysed, could be available in 2022 if regulators approve it

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Children born without key immune cells saved with engineered organ

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Cheap covid-19 antibody test shows if you have immunity in 5 minutes

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mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours

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Cartilage from the nose used to treat two people's knee osteoarthritis

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