Posts Tagged ‘team-has’

Pomegranates: Latest weapon in the fight against MRSA

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Pomegranates have already been hailed as a super-food but a team of scientists has found a new use for the deep red fruit. The team has discovered that the rind can be turned into an ointment for treating MRSA and other common hospital infections.

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Pomegranates: Latest weapon in the fight against MRSA

Computer contolled robotic heart surgery

Friday, December 11th, 2009

If you’ve been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to operate on a beating heart, according to a report in The International Journal of Robotics Research, published by SAGE.

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