Health and Medical Breakthroughs

Discover the newest and most amazing medical devices, tests, and cures out there.

Medical Breakthrough '08: An Artificial Lung

Medical Breakthrough '08: An Artificial Lung

An artificial lung may give lung transplant hopefuls a new lease on life.

Medical Breakthrough '08: Nano Tumor Killers

Medical Breakthrough '08: Nano Tumor Killers

There's new hope for destroying cancerous liver tumors.

Medical Breakthrough '08: Mapping Our Own Genes

Medical Breakthrough '08: Mapping Our Own Genes

Disease prevention is made easier with a new genome analysis that decodes individual DNA.

Medical Breakthrough of the Year: Stem Cell Stunner

Medical Breakthrough of the Year: Stem Cell Stunner

In a recent medical breakthrough, human skin cells have been successfully used as stem cells to create colonies of cardiac cells that beat like a human heart.


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