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ANGIE project
Magnetically steerable wireless Nanodevices for the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents in any vascular region of the body
We are a partner in a groundbreaking project hoping to treat stroke once and for all. The project’s code name is “ANGIE”, and it is backed by EU funding. It will develop a radically new technology for localized targeted drug delivery in hospitals by building tiny machines capable of navigating the body’s vascular system and deliver drugs where no instrument can go.
Navigating inside the body to treat injured tissues has fascinated scientist and the public for decades, but the required technologies have lagged far behind. We believe we are now able to make it happen!
To demonstrate the value of our technology, we target stroke, the leading cause of adult physical disability in the world that affects 17 million people worldwide each year. On an annual basis, stroke causes 6 million deaths globally. This number is expected to rise by more than 30% by 2040 due to population aging and the growing rates of obesity and diabetes.
EVA project
Disrupting 3D printing with wirelessly controllable parts
New 3D printing technology could transform passive composites into active mechanisms. The EU-funded EVA project is developing a new technology which can program the mechanical, magnetic and electrical properties of 3D printed structures. This could offer applications in fields such as biotechnology (scaffolds to stimulate new cell growth) and wastewater treatment (high-efficiency catalytic membranes to remove micropollutants)
The technology of EVA will allow many biotechnological applications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine such as the development of bio-degradable scaffolds to stimulate growth and differentiation of stem cells.
The EVA project will develop the tools to tackle the wastewater treatment problem, with high efficiency catalytic membrane to free wastewaters from persistent micro-pollutants.
The control over the properties and active functionalities of the printed systems will offer great advantages in multiple applications such as biotechnology, wastewater treatment, next-generation robotics, security and future data-storage technologies.
EVA technology will empower engineers, researchers, and industrialists wanting to develop new concepts, materials, or functional devices to fine-tune matter at will with an affordable table-top solution. The EVA technology will develop a new generation of multifunctional actuatable composites that can be printed and leveraged to develop radically new applications impacting multiple sectors of the economy.
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