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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

A new battery made of fleshy hydrogel layers generates and stores power like electric eels do. It could power pacemakers without ever needing to be replaced

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an eye

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Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics' tears

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Neck scan

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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a cochlear implant

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Hearing implant uses lasers to shoot sound into your ear

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A girl getting vaccinated

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Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots

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Legs 4 Africa

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Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa

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A man wincing in pain

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Computer knows how much pain you are in by studying your face

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Child using exoskeleton legs

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Robot suit helps children with cerebral palsy to walk better

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A woman washing her hands with handwash

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Smart cameras spot when hospital staff don’t wash their hands

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Three piglets huddled together

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CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans

Organ transplants from pigs are a step closer, after the birth of piglets that have had the harmful viruses in their DNA inactivated using gene editing

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Tiny robots swim the front crawl through your veins

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Artificial Intelligence ushers in the era of superhuman doctors

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Brexiteers must not risk UK’s nuclear future by leaving Euratom

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Real reform must follow ruling on flawed NHS-DeepMind data deal

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