Medicine

Researchers have taken an off-the-shelf 3D printer and modified it to create models of human organs from biological materials.

Neurosurgeons are being given a new bit of kit to improve the safety of their operations - lasers.

Could your phone save a life? Apple has released details on how ResearchKit is improving medical studies.

Doctors at the University of Michigan have 3D-printed the head of an unborn baby to decide whether it would need emergency surgery during birth

A US startup called BioBots has released the first commercially-available 3D printer capable of using human cells as ink.

Medical technologists are calling for digestible batteries to be developed to allow the use of electronic pills.

This machine that can turn an MRI scan of a patient's heart into a 3D model in a matter of hours.

Vision researchers have simulated how someone with a bionic eye would see a blurry and monochrome world.

Mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt University have built a surgical robot equipped with tiny wrists no wider than a needle.

A team has developed a system for an artificial pancreas that automatically releases insulin into the bloodstream.