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The bionic hand: how a crazy idea has become a medical breakthrough

Biotech & Health

When we did the first implantation in 2008, the real question was: can we give back sensations to an amputee using electrodes implanted in peripheral nerves?

Changing the paradigm of heart transplants

Biotech & Health

At a certain point we looked at each other and said: "Do we realise that we are trying to make Iron Man?" He is a superhero who uses a special technology to help him stay alive because his heart has suffered some damage.

Research projects about neuroengineering

NeuHeart

Prolonging the life expectancy of patients who receive heart transplants by restoring the neural connections lost during the operation.

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