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Inside Neurosurgery’s Rise

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Terry Dagradi/Yale University HISTORY’S PANTRY Most of the jars now at Yale’s Cushing Center contain a single brain; a few hold slices of brains from several patients. They were collected by Dr. Harvey Cushing, a Yale professor and one of the first neurosurgeons in the United States. More Photos » By Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. […]

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Robots Performing Surgery With Full Autonomy

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LifeNaut Notes: Here’s a really cool article from Smart Machines that includes a brief video of a medical robot undergoing trail tests. Some pretty cool stuff to think that a robot could be automated to operate on the human body. Source: “Robots performing surgery with full autonomy” Robotic arms have been used in medical procedures […]

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