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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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Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand
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Probiotic coated in nanoparticles may ease inflammatory bowel disease
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Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery
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Transplanted livers can keep working for a total of over 100 years
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Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts
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Robotic pill that delivers drugs to gut could end insulin injections
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Wound dressing made of 3D-printed skin could help people with diabetes
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Humans
Child’s foot was removed 31,000 years ago in earliest known amputation
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Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous
Several antiviral drugs kill viruses by inducing lots of mutations, but a computer model suggests this could have unpredictable consequences
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Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19
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Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response
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Covid-19 news archive: May 2022
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Robot that climbs through gut without losing grip could deliver drugs
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