i-Snake 'will transform surgery'
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Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot - the i-Snake - which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery.
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Animal-to-human organ transplants could be at the dawn of a new era thanks to progress in overcoming rejection and the creation of transgenic pigs, an expert said Tuesday.
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Scientists draw inspiration from the lizard to develop a waterproof adhesive bandage for surgical wounds.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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With fake fins and plastic paws, doctors can rebuild injured animals  -  and also use what they learn to help humans
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An Oregon surgeon has performed gall bladder surgery that removes the organ through the patient's mouth &#151; the latest example of surgeries that avoid major incisions and rely on the body's own orifices instead.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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Surgery could aid the severely disfigured, researchers write, but others say ethical and social questions remain. By Laura Ungar. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
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Under the lights of his operating room at New York Presbyterian Hospital, heart surgeon Dr. Craig Smith looks like a futurist, using high-tech robotic techniques on elderly
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Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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Plastic surgeons say any type of facial surgery can spark strong reactions, including silence, stares, gossip and confrontational remarks.
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Later this year, the performance of individual surgeons in the UK will be made publicly available, but the move remains controversial.
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If the government gets its way, more than a million patients will be operated on by surgeons from the private rather than public health sector.
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Scientists have developed a stengthened cement to be used in facial reconstructive surgery.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.