Implants articles within Nature

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• Letter | 18 January 2016

  Bioresorbable silicon electronic sensors for the brain

  Electronic implants are often used in diagnosing and treating human illness, but permanent implants come with problems; here, devices are described that can sense temperature, pressure, pH or thermal characteristics, and—crucially—are fully resorbable by the body.

  • Seung-Kyun Kang
  • , Rory K. J. Murphy
  •  & John A. Rogers

• Outlook | 18 December 2013

  Cancer vaccines: Material breach

  An experimental vaccine implanted beneath the skin could usher in biomaterial-based immunotherapies for cancer.

  • Elie Dolgin

• News | 13 August 2012

  Prosthetic retina helps to restore sight in mice

  Scientists crack the code that tells the brain what the eye has seen.

  • Geoff Brumfiel

• News | 09 August 2012

  Seizure detector treats epilepsy in rats

  Minimally invasive brain stimulator reduces duration of seizures.

  • Duncan Graham-Rowe

• News & Views | 11 July 2012

  Longer life for artificial joints

  Drug candidates that are related to a common metabolite called adenosine inhibit inflammation and reduce bone destruction in artificial joints. The finding suggests a potential approach to increasing the durability of prosthetic implants.

  • Joel Linden

• Research Highlights | 16 May 2012

  Solar panel in the eye

• News | 13 May 2012

  Restoring sight with wireless implants

  A combination of video goggles and photovoltaic retinal implants could make vision restoration more practicable.

  • Leigh Phillips

• Research Highlights | 18 April 2012

  Snail drives implanted fuel cell

• News | 03 January 2012

  Brain electrodes fix depression long term

  First placebo-controlled trial of implanted electrodes is positive.

  • Alison Abbott

• News | 05 October 2011

  Monkey brains 'feel' virtual objects

  Macaques use a brain-controlled virtual hand to identify artificial texture of objects.

  • Susan Young

• News | 27 July 2011

  Injectable implant to help doctors save face

  Light-activated polymer may provide non-invasive method of soft-tissue reconstruction.

  • George Wigmore

• News | 07 February 2011

  Brain implants have long-lasting effect on depression

  Technique can alleviate symptoms for six years.

  • Alison Abbott

• News | 21 January 2011

  Theoretical walker struts its energy-efficient stuff

  Bizarre gait could aid design of prosthetic limbs.

  • Eugenie Samuel Reich

• Research Highlights | 01 September 2010

  Tissue engineering: Vision restored