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by Jim Ware | November 22, 2017 | General News, Medical
Patients needing heart transplants often wait more than six months. While on the waiting list, some patients visit transplant clinics every two to three months. Other patients are hospitalized during the waiting period so that they remain in satisfactory condition....
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by Bruce Brown | May 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Stem cell research to create specific tissues is one of the hottest areas of health tech development. Impressive work is ongoing on many fronts. We’ve covered work by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and orthopedic surgeons at St...
by Bruce Brown | July 11, 2016 | General News, Medical
Imagine a world without root canals. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful world? Typically people need root canals as the result of a failed cavity filling. When you have a cavity, a dentist drills out the decay and puts in a filling. If soft tissue inside the tooth...
by Bruce Brown | April 8, 2016 | General News, Medical
Hang onto your hats for this one, because clinicians and scientists in Australia have come up with a way to “print” in 3D with a pen-like device that uses stem cells in a hydrogel formula. This device was developed jointly by researchers with the ARC...
