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mad medicine

Robot Surgeons to put Human Docs out of Work

The next time you have to go under the knife, a robot may be doing the cutting. Engineers at Duke University are pushing the envelope of cutting edge surgery with a robot arm they've built that can perform simple procedures all by itself. The system guides itself using 3-d ultrasound imaging as its eyes, and has shown it can accurately guide two needle probes through tissue in a simulated biopsy and blood vessel graft. The bot's still in its experimental phase, but ultrasound specialist Stephen Smith and his research team believe the day is near when robots will autonomously conduct surgery without the need for human guidance. More »

9:30 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Michael Reilly
491 views, 19 comments

Latest by bonniegrrl: If it's good enough for Darth Vader, it's good enough for me! more »

mega surgery

How Many of Your Internal Organs Can You Live Without?

Organ failure is one of those annoying problems many of us face — often sooner than we want to. The good news is that there are a lot of organs you can live without. You probably already know, for example, that your appendix and tonsils can be removed entirely without any harm done. But there are several other organs you can live without, or replace with synthetics, that you didn't know about. Get ready for a body without organs in our helpful guide to five organs you can can get rid of. More »

4:30 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Annalee Newitz
9,680 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: @kraffft: I don't think that's possible for mammals yet, but it has been done on salamanders in the 1980s more »

mad science

Man Grows New Jawbone in His Stomach with Stem Cells

Today a man in Finland has a new jaw, thanks to specially-treated stem cells harvested from his fatty tissues and grown in his stomach. It's not the first time researchers have grown bones inside a stomach (we featured a picture of some bioengineered teeth grown in rats' stomachs), but it's the first successful surgery of this type with a human. A group of Finnish doctors today announced the transplant was successful and that nobody looking at the patient would be able to tell that he'd had the procedure done. More »

11:45 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,962 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: Does it... does it work for organs? All I want for Christmas is a functional pancreas! more »

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Eight-Limbed Indian Girl Is Surgery Mascot

Two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, the impoverished Indian girl who had a "parastic twin" removed from her body last week, is being used as PR by her surgical team. It seems Lakshmi, who was reportedly hailed as a reincarnated goddess in her village and, more menacingly, sought for purchase by a circus, can't escape the limelight. More »

11:30 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Matthew DeBord
40 views, Comment

weird science

Doctor Whittles Washboard Abs In Human Flesh


Washboard abs, previously available only through a diet of one grape a day plus forty billion situps at night, are now available through convenient day surgery. However, you have to be in fairly good shape already in order to get this, which makes us wonder if it's all worth it. When we want our body modification, we want it now. More »

2:55 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Kevin Kelly
127 views, Comment