Researchers demonstrate first example of a bioresorbable electronic medicine

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed the first example of a bioresorbable electronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve. The collaborators — materials scientists and engineers at Northwestern and neurosurgeons at Washington University — developed a […]

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