2023 Bio-Convergence

A combination of bio-electronic and artificial intelligence technologies and disciplines is facilitating innovative developments including an artificial retina implant that restores vision and an electronic patch that detects neural disease before it develops – developments that will positively influence the health of millions around the world.

Printing a cornea, engineering a heart, growing meat, and helping the paralyzed walk – this may all sound like science fiction but it's happening right now in laboratories in Israel engaging in Bio-convergence. Four scientists explain what happens when you combine biology, engineering, medicine, physics, and chemistry.

Microfluidic chips that simulate human tissue enable us to conduct medical experiments in ways that could not have been even imagined only a few years ago. Two leading Israeli researchers report from the turbulent Israeli front line of the global ‘organ-on-a-chip’ sector.

A joining of forces between engineering and bio-medical applications based on biological sensory tools facilitates effective developments including detection of Alzheimer's, high-resolution endoscope imaging, an enhanced CT system, and rapid differentiation between viral and bacterial infection.

Two revolutionary developments offer solutions that deliver medicines directly to the cancerous tumor – the Nano-Ghost system that operates like a 'trojan horse' in miniaturized stem cells and nano-metric diagnostic barcodes that help identify the most suitable drug treatment. These nano technologies may also prove helpful in contending with the Corona virus.