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1) Cell
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. George's initial collision...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Biomedical engineering is the fastest growing engineering field. From designing life-saving medical devices to high-performance athletic gear, these engineers improve people's lives every day. This book explores the creative ways biomedical engineers help diagnose, treat, and prevent problems found in human body systems. Real-life examples make learning about the engineering design process interesting for readers. Practical, hands-on activities help...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are delving into the mysteries of stem cells and the human...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS! Give the gift of sight! Create ways for people to walk for the first time! Design machines that can make hearts keep pumping! These talented experts use science and technology to improve lives. It takes engineering and a little imagination, but the experts in this book are working hard at the frontiers of science.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Using innovative designs and technology such as 3-D printing, humans are helping animals in need. Discover the amazing true stories of five animals that have survived thanks to their prosthetic body parts"--
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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Description
"La medicina basada en el tratamiento de los síntomas ya pertenece al pasado. Hoy la biología se une a la tecnología para ofrecer terapias revolucionarias que revierten la enfermedad de origen, alargan la vida y nos permiten sacar el máximo partido a nuestro recurso más poderoso: la propia fuerza vital del organismo. Tony Robbins, orador motivacional e icono del entrenamiento personal, dedica su nuevo libro a estas alucinantes formas de prevención...
8) Big time
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this "virtuoso," "jaw-dropping" and "stellar technological thriller" (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review), a mother engulfed by her own mid-life crisis stumbles upon a dark conspiracy to harvest and sell people's time. What if time could be taken from us—the minutes, the hours, the years of our lives, extracted like organs taken for transplant? What would it mean for the world? And what would it do to the person from whom it’s taken? Grace...
Publisher
Bandai Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
日本語
Description
2032. With the advancement of medical technology humanity has grown into a more techologically driven creature, creating a breed of cyborg citizen. Along with the development of cybernetics, the world has seen rapid development in the field of artificial intelligence, making androids a commercially viable venture. A recent string of murders perpetrated by a prototype female android had drawn the attention of Section 9, a unit specializing in counter...
Publisher
FUNimation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the year 2032, advances in cybernetic technology and genetic research have opened the world to possibilities once only dreamed of. Humans can be fitted with cybernetic modifications, download their brains into permanent robot bodies, or bring home their own intimate robotic companion. It's a life of luxury. Or so it seems. A rash of gruesome murders begins to plague the city and with every lead comes more questions. The culprits, the beloved robotic...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains...
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