Health and Medical Breakthroughs

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

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

There's new hope for destroying cancerous liver tumors.

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

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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2 Medical Breakthrough '08: Lifesaving Hospital Checklist
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3 Medical Breakthrough '08: Seeing Into the Brain
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4 Taking a Shot at MS
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5 Medical Breakthrough '08: Younger Vaccines
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6 Contagious Obesity?
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7 Medical Breakthrough '08: 24/7 Blood Sugar Test
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9 Medical Breakthrough '08: Better Than Mammo
Less invasive mammography alternatives are on the medical horizon.