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The smart bandage

Technology

Electronic wound dressing releases drugs to help injuries heal

A stretchable sticking plaster detects whether an injury is healing well and uses stimulating electrodes and microinjections of drugs to speed up the process

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The stretchy and instantly adhesive patch that can cover holes in lungs

Health

Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand

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Mini lab-grown adrenal glands

Health

Lab-grown adrenal glands could help treat hormone-related conditions

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The bacterium Escherichia coli

Health

Probiotic coated in nanoparticles may ease inflammatory bowel disease

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Illustration of a tear in an anterior cruciate ligament

Health

Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery

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A liver transplant

Health

Transplanted livers can keep working for a total of over 100 years

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Okra partly sliced up on a chopping board

Health

Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts

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RoboCap in a dish in the lab

Technology

Robotic pill that delivers drugs to gut could end insulin injections

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Child with plaster

Health

Wound dressing made of 3D-printed skin could help people with diabetes

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Artist ?s impression of Tebo1 The individual had their lower left leg amputated as a child and survived into early adulthood in an artistic community 31,000 years ago in Borneo

Humans

Child’s foot was removed 31,000 years ago in earliest known amputation

A 31,000-year-old Stone Age skeleton has been found with the lower part of its leg cleanly removed, and the bones reveal that the child survived for several years after it happened

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Health

Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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Health

Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19

Analysis

Health

Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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Health

Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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