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Assimilating the latest technology into health systems is a key challenge facing the field.
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It is no surprise that the latest biomedical-engineering solutions are becoming central to health care. Data from the Nature Index certainly suggest research in this area is growing: the number of articles in the database related to biomedical engineering grew 70% from 2021 to 2025.
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Nature 658, S11 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03202-z
This article is part of Nature Index 2026 Biomedical engineering, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content. For more information about Nature Index, see the homepage.
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