Companies are implanting bar code scanners in pens, key fobs, cell phones and pagers.
And implanting devices into it for purposes of neuro-enhancement is, by and large, an ethical no-no.
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Dr Gross, a surgeon, is already skilled at implanting stimulating electrodes into human brains.
An alternative treatment--implanting tiny radioactive "seeds"--has less risk of side effects but doesn't always eradicate the cancer.
Dr. Starr is best known for co-inventing and successfully implanting the first artificial heart valve, the Starr-Edwards valve.
To navigate the difficult journey ahead, industry leading banks are implanting better balance sheet management capabilities throughout the organization.
This is usually accomplished by inflating a balloon in the artery, then implanting a stent to keep the artery open.
Security in Benghazi is working on implanting security in the city. and an overnight curfew is being considered, authorities said.
Researchers there are implanting human cells in mice to look for better ways of making vaccines against aids and hepatitis C.
Gene therapy works by implanting healthy copies of these genes, often attached to a harmless virus, into the patient's own cells.
It works by implanting wireless sensors into the chest protector, or "hogu".
Antinori first attracted controversy when he helped a 62-year-old woman have a baby eight years ago by implanting an egg in her womb.
Following the review, coding procedures were changed and implanting EPs now carefully document the indication for the ICD and include all relevant mitigating circumstances.
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For more than a year now the federal investigation of hospitals suspected of improperly implanting ICDs has been the subject of considerable rumor and speculation.
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Unsurprisingly, the primary application is to handle tasks inside your body, such as deploying it via a "minimally-invasive catheter procedure" rather than implanting it through surgery.
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Neurologists are also exploring the possibility of implanting stimulators (sold now by Medtronic for Parkinson's disease) deep in the brains of the minimally conscious to boost thalamus activity.
Dr Cowburn said the new chips could have important medical advantages by implanting a chip in the tops of medicine bottles to alert users of a possible overdose.
Elsewhere 3, 500 doctors specialize in implanting parts for aching backs.
This, too, can have its magnifying power altered over time, but it works by implanting a permanent lens housing into the eye, and exchanging the lens as required.
Strobel envisions making mycodiesel the way ethanol is made, by implanting the improved dieselmaking genes from the fungus into yeast and then feeding it corn or other plant sugars.
Miller and other experts in the fertility field say it's not talked about a lot, but Kamrava is not the only one implanting such a large number of embryos.
Multiple births, a consequence of implanting more than one embryo to increase the odds of success, are one of the biggest risks associated with IVF for both mother and child.
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Implanting sensors under the skin, notes Howard Erikson, an animal physiologist at Kansas State University, has to be done in a way that doesn't compromise the safety of the meat.
The researchers got some brave specimens to move a mouse cursor by implanting plastic pads containing electrodes underneath their skulls, with the sensors sitting on the surface of the brain.
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Three years ago, Macchiarini made headlines by implanting an artificial trachea created from donor tissue combined with stem cells from the recipient, Claudia Castillo, whose windpipe had been damaged by tuberculosis.
All cardiologists, including our physicians at North Ohio Heart Center, are implanting fewer stents than in the past because delivering optimal medical therapy with lifestyle changes reduces the need for these procedures.
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By implanting a device on the retina that receives a signal from the eyeglass-mounted camera, those cells can be stimulated as if receiving light, causing them to transmit an image to the brain.
For the time being at least, until a new technology is proven in long-term clinical trials to be superior to the leads we are implanting today, we should stick with what we have.
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"Our country has made such admirable strides in nation-building over the decades that few, if any, would advocate implanting a Western model in China - there's simply no market for it, " China Daily says.
"My current research interests lie in the field of regenerative medicine, which, simply put, means growing tissues in the laboratory with the aim of safely implanting them when the body cannot heal itself, " he explained.
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