New doctors should not be forced to work 80 hours a week for incredibly low wages. Iโm proud to stand in solidarity with @CIRSEIU frontline physicians in @countyofla fighting not only for decent wages and working conditions, but to improve care for their patients.
Mechanical engineers have developed a steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding blood vessels. This robotic thread could help doctors treat blockages and lesions that occur in aneurysms and stroke.
Video by Melanie Gonick/MIT