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Medical & healthcare

First synthetic auxetic material could expand into body armour and sportswear

"Chemputer" may democratise pharmaceutical sector

Bioshock bandage speeds healing with electrical pulses

Prosthetic implant provides realistic wrist movement to amputees

Personalised heart simulations could improve cardiac care

Graphene-based spine in seaweed gel offers enables industrial applications

Conductive polymer set for leap from flexi-phones to medical sensors

Camcon Medical unveils first medical application for its binary actuation technology

Medical scanner is first to capture 3D pictures of whole human body

Microneedle contact lens targets the eye for drug delivery

Glucose fuel cell holds promise for implanted medical devices

Oxygen releasing insole helps to treat diabetic foot ulcers