There are fresh hopes the advances in tissue engineering developed by RMIT University in Melbourne could help repair bone lost to cancer and degenerative diseases.
Tissue engineering is emerging technology that aims to rebuild bone and muscle by harnessing the human body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Now, the RMIT study published in the journal Small shows stem cells treated with high-frequency sound waves turned into bone cells.
An investigation’s under way into how two high-tech US military Black Hawk helicopters crashed near a Utah ski resort.
A “voice bank” project by Intel, Dell and the MND Association preserves memories and gives motor neurone disease patients the future power of digital speech with artificial intelligence.
The technology was inspired by Stuart Moss, head of IT innovation at Rolls Royce, who lost his father, Brian, to motor neurone disease.
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