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Medical & healthcare

Nanofibre thread spun into surgical sutures

Open Bionics founder Joel Gibbard

Software pins down correct vertebra for surgery

Printable biosensors to speed diagnosis

New insights into cancer mechanisms from acoustic tweezer separation method

Solar fridge cools without current

A helping hand for student entrepreneurs

US researchers demonstrate thought-controlled bionic hand

Can technology save the NHS?

Nanoneedles could help body repair itself

Micropacemaker could help treat foetal heart condition

Shape-memory alloy 'muscle fibres' give a helping hand to prosthetics