Surgery
Dr Bot wields the scalpel
Robots are rewriting the rules of surgery, with a precision that humans may find hard to match. A glimpse of the revolution in the operation theatre.
The patient at the centre
Surgeon Lenworth M. Jacobs advocates a 'safety first' approach while letting machines into the operation theatre.
Bot in the white coat
Robots are on the verge of revolutionising surgery, with improved imaging, AI and other technologies.
Safety first, on the surgeon's table
Joseph Lister's use of an antiseptic spray dramatically reduced deaths during surgeries.
A change of heart
In 1967, a flamboyant South African physician made medical history when he performed the first human heart transplant.
