Medical Technology

A new implant designed by QUT biomedical engineers to stabilise a long bone fracture above the knee and enable earlier mobility has been used for the first time in an implant

Professor Tal Dvir is the extraordinary man behind a world-first breakthrough which uses patient tissue samples and technology to transform injured spinal cords.

A Victorian MP is calling for $35 million to set up Australia's first specialised endometriosis centre, to provide better outcomes for patients and enhance research into

Formus Labs, a company that grew out of research done at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is set to transform orthopaedic surgery, with the world’s first

A Melbourne-designed rapid screening test is set to advance the detection and treatment of one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in older Australians.

NSW will be the first state in Australia to establish a local facility to develop and manufacture groundbreaking mRNA and RNA drugs and vaccines.

A medical device that dulls the pain and anxiety for people with a fear of needles has been announced a category winner at the 2021 Good Design Awards.

Fifteen 3D body scanners designed to improve melanoma detection and treatment are set to be fired up in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. New technology

University of South Australia researchers have successfully developed a world-first camera system to monitor the vital signs of premature

Australian track cycling gold medallist Anna Meares is backing a prototype helmet that uses video and 5G technology to warn of road hazards.

A Queensland company has developed and launched a low-cost and high sensitivity rapid COVID-19 test to be used worldwide. A new rapid and low-cost

3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of the operating theatre after UNSW scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living cells.

Ground-breaking Australian research on 3D printing technology is offering new hope to cancer patients who require a bone replacement. The bone implants will

CSIRO scientists have developed a new device which uses artificial intelligence to track a patient's recovery from traumatic brain injury.

Coronavirus research will be one of the projects at a genomics hub to be set up at the University of Melbourne. After learning the benefits

Most school students are back in school after a tumultuous school year, but remote learning – and social isolation – is an ongoing reality for thousands of sick

The NSW government has stopped short of mandating mask use on public transport, instead introducing a new app feature that predicts when trains will be crowded.

A technological advancement that has the potential to stimulate bone formation inside the human body has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

New university research is using a new imaging technique to help sufferers of osteoarthritis. Australian researchers are using state-of-the-art

Queensland researchers are engineering a 15-minute COVID-19 test that could ready by the end of 2020 and used for other viruses like dengue fever.