EPFL MATERIALS NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY SURGERY
Soft Robotic Electrode Enables Minimally Invasive Placement

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a soft robotic electrode, that can be advanced through a small hole in the skull and then opened into a series of spiral arms, to provide electrocorticography measurements from a relat...

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EPFL MACHINE LEARNING MEDICINE
Machine Learning Aids Rapid Design of Protein Therapeutics

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a machine learning approach to scan millions of protein fragments and assess their structure and binding properties. Based on the surface chemistry and geometry of a protein, the develop...

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3D PRINTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EPFL MATERIALS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Printing Bacteria to Make Bone-Like Structures

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a method to 3D print mineralized constructs with a little helping hand from bacteria. The technique consists of printing a polymer bioink that contains bacteria that will produce calci...

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BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE EPFL NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY
Neural Chip Detects, Suppresses Neurological Symptoms

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have designed an advanced neural chip that can detect and suppress symptoms from a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s and epilepsy. The closed-loop neuromodulation system, which the re...

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EPFL GENETICS LIGAND BINDING MEDICINE PUBLIC HEALTH
Toolbox to Study Ligand Binding for Enhanced Treatments

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a DNA toolbox that allows researchers to explore binding interactions between ligands and their respective receptors based on receptor density and arrangement. The basis for many pharm...

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EPFL GENETICS NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY
Wireless Photoelectric Implant for Optogenetics Research

Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland created a wireless photoelectric implant that allows them to activate or suppress certain neurons in the mouse spinal cord. The flexible implant is controlled through Bluetooth and contains miniaturized LEDs...

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