Today, medical procedures often involve the use of a scalpel. However, American researchers have recently introduced the ...

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital stands at the forefront of robotic-assisted surgery in Taiwan.

James Tour and Roswell Biotechnologies just commercially released a molecular electronics chip. They attached molecules onto attachments at billions of points on a semiconductor chip. This speeds up ...

Postoperative bleeding is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgeries, especially in open heart ones. In this kind of surgery, surgeons need to resort to cardiopulmonary bypass, an ...

A major challenge for cancer surgeons is to determine exactly where a tumor starts and where it ends. Removing too much tissue can impair normal functions, but not taking enough can mean the disease ...

A diagnostic test developed by a startup in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, helps identify and classify thyroid nodules. The test prevents patients with suspected ...

Orthopedic surgery, as we know it, is undergoing a revolution. Saws, hammers, screws, pins, and metal rods are beginning to give way to growth factors, stem cells, gene therapy, and tissue engineered ...

Stage IIIA non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) encompasses a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of sizes, degrees of local invasion, and mediastinal lymph node involvement. The variety of ...

Bariatric surgery is a widely recognized intervention for obesity management. The medical intervention alters the digestive system to limit the amount of food that can be eaten or absorbed or affect ...

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Kyoto University have, for the first time, isolated a water dimer. Using a technique known as molecular surgery, they encapsulated the dimer within a fullerene-C70 molecule ...