Medical Technology

For the first time, scientists have successfully grown two-week-old human embryos in the lab so they could study their development. Scientists

A scientific team have achieved a breakthrough in the war against so-called superbugs which could effectively control the spread of deadly bacteria.

A British scientist has been granted a licence to edit genes of human embryos for research, a move some claim will lead the way to designer babies.

Taxpayer research funds have been used to conduct "Frankenstein-like" experiments and organ transplants on imported primates, Fairfax Media reports.

Almost 900 medical research projects investigating treatments for ice addiction, scars, cancer and depression will receive federal government funding.

Innovation and entrepreneurial activity in the Healthcare Technology sector is leading to rapid advancements and the delivery of major improvements in the quality and efficiency

The future for people with disability appears bright with tech companies having the financial incentive to spur technological innovation under the NDIS.

A UK doctor has transferred embryonic stem cells to cure blindness in a patient suffering from age-related macular degeneration. A doctor in

An Australian invention that can unboil an egg has been shown to have big medical benefits in being able to concoct a key anaesthetic in remote places.

Legislation to set up the government's $20 billion medical research future fund has passed the Senate after the coalition made several amendments.

An inquiry into the federal government's $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund has been warned funds could be hijacked by special interest groups.

Three babies who were on the brink of death from an incurable windpipe disorder have been saved by airway splints created on a 3D printer.

Most people polled in 75 countries say they would like to be told if their DNA indicated they could develop a serious preventable or treatable disease.

A new device that can be added to a smartphone may be able to accurately and cheaply diagnose cancer, US researchers say. Known as D3, the add-on is designed

Staff shortages and technical challenges (such as patient lifting and moving) means there is a present and growing incentive to design, develop and implement robotic technology

The Portable Eye Examination Kit consists of smartphone apps and an adapter which can be used anywhere in the world to test eyes easily. A

An 'ambulance drone' prototype, a flying defibrillator able to reach heart attack victims in precious life-saving minutes, has been unveiled in Holland.

Doctors have used a 3D printer to build a Melbourne man a new heel bone and save him from losing his leg to cancer. Doctors have used a 3D

Scientists have created the first functioning human intestine from stem cells in the laboratory, paving the way for new gut disorder treatments.

A bionic leg has helped a British teenage jockey who was paralysed in a car crash to walk and ride again. A teenage jockey paralysed in a car