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FG Offers Scholarships as RHV-RoboMed Academy Aims to Train 400 Robotic Surgery Specialists in Nigeria
In a significant boost for Nigeria’s healthcare and medical education sectors, the Federal Government has committed to fully funding scholarships for doctors, medical students, and other healthcare professionals seeking specialised training in robotic surgery. The pledge accompanies the official launch of the country’s first dedicated robotic surgery training centre The Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV) RoboMed…
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MIT Scientists Build a Tiny Robot that Swims using Living Muscle Cells
MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, allowing it to swim and steer through water. The breakthrough could pave the way for tiny, self-healing biological robots capable of exploring fragile environments that ordinary machines cannot safely navigate. A swimming robot does not necessarily…
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FDA Approved Histosonics which Uses UltraSound Waves to Destroy Liver tumors treats over 1000 Patients
What if doctors could destroy certain liver tumors from outside the body without making an incision? Key Takeaways • Scientists create a device that uses highly focused ultrasound waves to destroy Liver tumors. • The device received FDA De Novo marketing authorization in October 2023. • Since FDA clearance in 2023, HistoSonics’ Edison histotripsy system…
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Scientists use PRIMA Vision Restoring Eye Implant to Help First Stargardt Patient Read a Word
Science Corporation has implanted its PRIMA vision-restoring device in its first reported patient with Stargardt disease, marking an early clinical milestone for a technology already commercialized in Europe for a related form of blindness. Photo Credit: Science Cooperation
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Scientists Invent a Lightweight, Battery-free Self-Powered Neuroprosthesis that helps Stroke Survivors Walk more Naturally (Video)
Foot drop is a common and disabling post-stroke impairment that occurs when weakened or poorly controlled dorsiflexor muscles especially the tibialis anterior fail to lift the toes during the swing phase of walking. The new SPN, developed by a cross-institutional team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), The Hong Kong Polytechnic…
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Apply for Jill Sanders Memorial Scholarship 2026: CAD $20,000 for African Health Technology Assessment Professionals
The scholarship commemorates Dr. Jill Sanders, former Vice President of HTAi and President and CEO of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). Dr. Sanders was a dedicated advocate for international collaboration in HTA.
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Nigerian Researcher Wins $100,000 Canadian Research Award for Male Fertility Study
Chika Onochie, a Nigerian pharmacist and doctoral researcher at McGill University, has received a research award valued at up to CAD $100,000 from Québec’s Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). Photo Credit: Chika Onochie – Whatsapp
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Nigerian Scientist wins Schlumberger prize
A Nigerian scientist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Uyo, Edu Inam, has won the 2026 Faculty for the Future Impact Prize of the Schlumberger Foundation. Inam was among nine women scientists and engineers selected from 156 applications across 61 countries for the inaugural prize, according to a statement by the Foundation. Prof.…
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MTN and Gates Foundation Unveil $25 Million AI-Powered Nigeria Maternal Health Multiplier to Transform Care for Half a Million Women
The four-year initiative, backed by an initial investment of approximately $25 million between 2026 and 2030 through direct and in-kind contributions, aims to connect pregnant women, frontline health workers, and primary healthcare facilities through artificial intelligence, mobile technology, and improved connectivity. Photo Credit: AfricaTechNews.com
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Meet Orion’s $2,195 AI Mattress Pad which provides Automatic Heating and Cooling All Night Long
The AI component goes beyond basic scheduling. By default, the system begins cooling before your usual bedtime, holds or drops temperature as you fall into deeper sleep stages, and gradually warms toward morning so the transition out of bed feels natural. Embedded sensors track sleep stages, heart rate, breath rate, heart-rate variability (HRV), and movement…
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Nigeria Successfully Carries out first Tele-Robotic Surgery Operation across a distance of about 500 kilometres
On Saturday, 19 September 2026, a landmark procedure unfolded that few would have predicted just years earlier: a complex kidney cancer operation performed not with the surgeon standing at the patient’s bedside, but from hundreds of kilometres away. A robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy the complete removal of a kidney affected by a cancerous tumour was…
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Committed $3 Billion Dollars to Creating an Immortality Pill : What Became of it?
The core technology draws from Shinya Yamanaka’s 2012 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of four transcription factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc often called the Yamanaka factors or OSKM. When introduced into adult cells, these factors can reprogram them toward a pluripotent, embryonic-like state. Photo Credit: Blueprint Media
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Robotic Surgery Cuts Pain & Hastens Recovery, Ushering in a New Chapter for Nigerian Healthcare
The operation, carried out in partnership with the US-based RoboMed Global Inc., marks a practical step toward making advanced, minimally invasive surgery available within Nigeria rather than requiring patients to travel abroad. Photo Credit: Punchng
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New Prostate Cancer Laser Therapy Offers Promising Hope Beyond Traditional Treatments
A groundbreaking laser treatment for prostate cancer is delivering encouraging early outcomes at a major London hospital, marking the first time this technology has been used within the NHS. Photo Credit: BBC.com
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Call for Applications: Green Africa Associates SDGs Innovations Fellowship 2026
The Green Africa Associates Programme is open to young Africans aged 18 to 35 who show a clear passion for innovation, green entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.
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Scientists develop a Wearable Ultrasound Patch that Continuously Monitors Babies before Birth
Pregnancy is full of quiet miracles and hidden risks. For most women, the occasional ultrasound scan offers reassuring glimpses of a growing baby. But for the roughly 10% of pregnancies complicated by issues such as fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia, or placental dysfunction, those brief snapshots can leave dangerous gaps. Blood flow between placenta and fetus…
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Women Hold the Key to Future Technology Growth Here’s Why
This comes as the exchange of cells between a mother and a fetus is a well-documented phenomenon that scientists have known about for more than 50 years. It’s called microchimerism, and it goes both ways: every human who has ever been pregnant retains cells from their fetus, and every human retains cells from their mother.…
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Applications open for Pitch Perfect Africa 2026 Innovation Fellowship for African Health Entrepreneurs
Applications are now open for Pitch Perfect Africa 2026, a competitive pitch opportunity supporting early-stage African health entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions to health challenges across the continent.
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New Handheld Device Detects Cancer Biomarkers and HIV with Lab-Level Accuracy
The device, called the VPodDuo (the “V” stands for virus), is a compact fluorometer roughly the size of an AirPods case. It can read and compare results from fluorescence-based tests for pathogens and cancer-associated biomarkers, delivering performance comparable to expensive laboratory instruments. Photo Credit: NHS
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Uk Launches New £20m Robot Lab to Speed up Disease Research and fight the next Pandemic
Researchers in Liverpool say a new robotic laboratory could help speed up vaccine development and reduce the need for animal testing. Photo Credit: BBC
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