HERMES

Merging bioengineered tissue and AI for groundbreaking brain damage repair.

Brain disorders have a significant impact on society and healthcare systems. Regenerative medicine (RM) attempts to restore brain function by rebuilding brain tissue. The hardest challenge in brain repair is the control of the integration of grafted cells or tissue with the host brain. Brain-inspired neuroprostheses represent innovative controllable devices for brain function replacement, but they cannot rebuild brain matter. The EU-funded HERMES project aims to create a new field of enhanced RM and provide a proof-of-concept that the integration of bioengineered and mammalian brain tissue can be established and controlled, healing brain damage. The innovative solution involves intelligent bio-hybrids, made via the integration of bioengineered brain tissue, neuromorphic microelectronics and artificial intelligence.