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Artificial Organs

Regenerative Medicine on TEDMED

by Socrates

Dr. Anthony Atala from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in an amazing video demonstrating the promise of regenerative medicine in general and artificially grown organs, in particular. Here is the timeline description of the video as posted by Singularity Hub. 1:46 – Atala alerts the audience to the scope of the problems with [...]

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The Man with a Cyborg Hand

by Socrates

Scientists hail robotic hand ‘breakthrough’ A group of European scientists have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb, and control it by thought. During a month of experiments, the patient made complex movements using only his brain. It is being heralded as a scientific breakthrough. [...]

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An Artificial Heart

by Socrates

A new artificial heart developed in France could be the future for thousands of cardiac patients. The heart has an artificial skin which reduces the chances of transplant rejection and is expected to be available around 2012. The cyborgs are coming… but just when do we stop to be human and turn into machines?!…

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