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Spray-on gel slows down the regrowth of tumours after cancer surgery
A spray applied to the wound left by cancer surgery encourages the immune system to attack any cancer cells the surgeons left behind, a study in mice has found
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Human placenta stem cells help people recover from hip surgery
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‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery
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The inside story of the vaginal mesh scandal, from top removal surgeon
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War veteran gets world’s first penis and scrotum transplant
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Virtual reality surgery lets trainee doctors practise operations
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Surgical instruments may spread Alzheimer’s proteins
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Can a brain implant treat Alzheimer’s? It might just be placebo
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Wound scanner shows bacteria glowing if your body is infected
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Robot that’s the width of a hair masters Pac-Man and cuts cheese
Tiny metal robots can plot their own route around a maze modelled on the iconic video game – and could be used in surgery one day
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Welcome to the limb lab where organs are kept alive on shelves
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Exercise hormone protects against bad complications in surgery
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Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack
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Head transplant mavericks must be scrutinised, not ignored
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