Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 4:59pm
Degenerative Disc Disease affects 30 million Americans, and 3D printing could be the cure they're looking for.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 10:54am
This reminds me of that old riddle: What took ten years to develop and could potentially save around 350,000 lives a year from an often asymptomatic infectious disease that generally attacks (and causes cirrhosis of) the liver?
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 12:33pm
Could this be the next step in the evolution toward Dr. McCoy's painless hypospray injections? Rather than his instrument's squishy airy sound, this one has a completely silent laser inside, boring through your skin with holes that are so tiny you can't even feel them.
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:39am
Here’s a body mod that might do you some good: A doctor implants this gizmo from EnteroMedics just under the skin, and hooks up its two electrodes that can electrically block the nerve that makes you hungry. The result? A...
