LOS ANGELES: A bid to create tiny devices to diagnose and monitor infections and disease from a patient’s own home has been given a $5 million philanthropic boost.
The team of engineers, scientists and medical researchers from the University of Melbourne are also developing a new generation of bionic devices, including treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and spinal injuries.
“It’s super exciting; these devices change the way we practice medicine,” Centre of Neural Engineering director Professor Stan Skafidas said…