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Some of the best developments from 2015:
Google contact lens with wireless chip and glucose sensor
Intarcia’s insulin implant successful phase III trial
iLet Bionic Pancreas
Organs-on-Chips include the heart, liver, lungs and gut
Carmat’s Artificial Heart – uses biological tissues and adapts to blood pressure
Bionic Eyes
SmartBone artificial bone substitute
3D Printed Protheses
Organovo – bioprinting tissues layer by layer
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Biomedical company focused on research, development and production of medical devices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in Boston
Research lab that designs and creates functional human tissues using proprietary three-dimensional bioprinting technology
Company specialized in neuromodulation to restore a form of prosthetic vision to compensate for blindness.
