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The news that some  visual ability has been restored with eye implants in patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa  is a fantastic step forward for medical science. It starts to uncover
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Dr Bionic... specialist of the future?

posted at 3/5/2012 2:17 PM BST on bmj.com
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The news that some visual ability has been restored with eye implants in patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa is a fantastic step forward for medical science.

It starts to uncover the fascinating potential for a specialty of doctors that focuses specifically on bionics.  It sounds like the stuff of science fiction (I, Robot, Terminator, Six Million Dollar Man etc.), but I think it is worth some discussion...

Will these be doctor-engineers, trained in medicine and engineering?  
Will their stethoscope be replaced by a 'Widdly-wee' device from Star Trek? 
Any other juicy examples from sci-fi of cool bionics?


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