Medical Technology

Four blind Australians have had some of their vision restored through the implantation of bionic eyes. Before the trial, the patients, who

Gut disorders could be detected without the need for dreaded, invasive colonoscopies thanks to an invention by West Australian researchers, led by a Nobel Prize laureate.

A capsule developed by RMIT to help diagnose people suffering from gut disorders in real time, is being trialled. An RMIT-developed electronic

Australia’s future nurse leaders emphasised technological advancements as a priority measure to ensure the nursing workforce can meet demand for quality health care

A scientist at The Australian National University (ANU) is developing a new just-add-water diagnostic kit for use in remote communities to detect malaria and other diseases.

Denim jeans can be transformed into an artificial cartilage, new research from a Victorian university has found. Deakin University researchers

When you do not work in the healthcare industry, all stethoscopes look pretty much the same. However, there can be minor differences between the stethoscopes used by nurses

Australian medical research is being held back due to inefficient and inequitable funding systems. Medical research institutes are being left with a large funding

A stool test which can reveal information about a person's gut bacteria and ways it may affect their health has been launched in Queensland.

A two year study involving 300 surgery outcomes of Australian men has found similar results between robot-assisted

Using computer games and virtual reality technology to create low-risk environments holds ample value for healthcare. With intense, life-or-death situations occurring regularly,

A research collaboration headed by a Monash chemist was issued a US-issued patent for an invention that could deliver a more accurate test for malaria that is rapid and low

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically

Researchers at the Monash Vision Group have received ethics approval to start patient trials of their bionic eye. A major step towards helping

The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing will take place Nov. 27-29 in Hong Kong.  The three-day summit will be co-hosted by the Academy of Sciences of

Physiotherapists may soon be able to treat remote patients with a new form of wearable technology dubbed "smart socks". Developed

The EmbryoScope allows scientists and clinicians to carefully monitor and review the development of embryos at any point in time. Australia's first pregnancy

A new online tool from Queensland researchers will tell people their risk level of developing deadly melanoma. People over 40 will now be able

Early trials of a smartphone device that monitors blood pressure through a press of the finger have shown promising results. US researchers

A six-year-old Canberra girl fighting cancer has undergone an Australian-first robotic surgery to remove a tumour which was initially considered inoperable.