Now playing Next Health This ‘smart sensor’ dressing can tell you how well a wound is healing The “smart” dressing works by monitoring the pH level of a wound, a key piece of data that can inform doctors how well it is healing. 29/11/2022
Now playing Next Health This new tool could edit DNA to cure inherited heart defects The technology works by targeting “faulty” copies of genes that cause a defect that weakens the heart muscles. 05/08/2022
Now playing Next Health These nanotech 'e-tattoos' could one day help monitor your health Its developers say the tech is still in its early stages, but one day it can offer a non-intrusive and personalised way to monitor health conditions. 03/08/2022
Now playing Next Health Watch: New AR glasses let deaf people ‘see’ conversations New augmented reality (AR) glasses turning sound into subtitles allow deaf and hard of hearing people to “see” conversations and take part in them. 29/07/2022
Now playing Next Health Can tiny robots sent into our brains help fight tumours? The micro-robots, which will start clinical trials in two years, could help target otherwise unreachable areas of the brain to treat cancer or Dandy-Walker Syndrome. 16/04/2022
Now playing Next Health French eye doctors take essential services on the road to rural areas This Winter, the ‘Tom’ Lorry, short for “mobile tele ophthalmology”, is bringing sorely needed tele-consultations to remote parts of France which have been deserted by private ophthalmologists. 17/12/2021
Now playing Next Ethiopia Aid group MSF 'horrified' as colleagues murdered in Ethiopia Two Ethiopian MSF colleagues and one from Spain were found dead Friday, a day after colleagues lost contact with them while they were traveling. 25/06/2021
