French firm Urgo has been working towards creating a kind of artificial skin that can benefit burn victims from repeated skin grafts and it looks like the researchers have finally achieved a breakthrough. Considered the “Holy Grail of wound treatment”, the $106 million "Genesis" project is aimed at finding a viable solution and they hope to have a functioning product ready by 2030.

"Are we capable of designing artificial skin in a laboratory? No one in the world has succeeded," Guirec Le Lous, the president of Urgo's medical arm, told AFP when asked about the project.

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"You have to be able to recreate all the functions of skin," including protecting against external threats and regulating the temperature”, he explained from the laboratory in the city of Dijon.

According to AFP, the researchers have living cells preserved properly in order to use them to replicate the same consistency when it comes to human skin. While Urgo has been making medical dressings since the 1800s, this will be a major leap for both the company and the technology.

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"Since the 2000s, we have worked on materials that will correct healing problems: dressings have become intelligent, interactive with wounds, allowing them to perform better," Urgo's research director Laurent Apert said. He also went on to call the project “a revolution”.

A similar product was also developed at the University of South Australia which is extremely effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

"Our treatment is unique in that it capitalises on the anti-bacterial properties of silver, but avoids over-exposure, by only activating when infection in present," lead researcher Zlatko Kopecki.

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French firm Urgo has been working towards creating a kind of artificial skin that can benefit burn victims from repeated skin grafts and it looks like the researchers have finally achieved a breakthrough.

French firm Urgo has been working towards creating a kind of artificial skin that can benefit burn victims from repeated skin grafts and it looks like the researchers have finally achieved a breakthrough. Considered the “Holy Grail of wound treatment”, the $106 million "Genesis" project is aimed at finding a viable solution and they hope to have a functioning product ready by 2030. "Are we capable of designing artificial skin in a laboratory? No one in the world has succeeded," Guirec Le Lous, the president of Urgo's medical arm, told AFP when asked about the project. Also read | Taiwan extends mandatory military service to one year "You have to be able to recreate all the functions of skin," including protecting against external threats and regulating the temperature”, he explained from the laboratory in the city of Dijon. According to AFP, the researchers have living cells preserved properly in order to use them to replicate the same consistency when it comes to human skin. While Urgo has been making medical dressings since the 1800s, this will be a major leap for both the company and the technology. Also read | 'Once-in-a-lifetime' weather disaster leaves at least 60 dead in US "Since the 2000s, we have worked on materials that will correct healing problems: dressings have become intelligent, interactive with wounds, allowing them to perform better," Urgo's research director Laurent Apert said. He also went on to call the project “a revolution”. A similar product was also developed at the University of South Australia which is extremely effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. "Our treatment is unique in that it capitalises on the anti-bacterial properties of silver, but avoids over-exposure, by only activating when infection in present," lead researcher Zlatko Kopecki.

Medical companies work towards creating artificial skin to treat burn victims

A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed electronic artificial skin that mimics the human body’s near-instant feedback response and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain.

The researchers say that the device is capable of mimicking the body’s quick response to things, and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain.

According to Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University and the project's lead researcher, made of silicone rubber, it has the texture of real skin and is also "very similar to skin in its mechanical properties.

Professor Bhaskaran also said, “Skin is our body’s largest sensory organ, with complex features designed to send rapid-fire warning signals when anything hurts. We’re sensing things all the time through the skin, but our pain response only kicks in at a certain point, like when we touch something too hot or too sharp.”

“No electronic technologies have been able to realistically mimic that very human feeling of pain—until now. It’s a critical step forward in the future development of the sophisticated feedback systems that we need to deliver truly smart prosthetics and intelligent robotics.”

As predicted by scientists, the device could pave the way towards better prosthetics, smarter robotics, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. In other words, it is significant to advance towards next-generation biomedical technologies and intelligent robotics.

(With inputs from agencies)

A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed electronic artificial skin that mimics the human body’s near-instant feedback response and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain.

A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed electronic artificial skin that mimics the human body’s near-instant feedback response and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain. The researchers say that the device is capable of mimicking the body’s quick response to things, and can react to painful sensations with the same lighting speed that nerve signals travel to the brain. According to Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University and the project's lead researcher, made of silicone rubber, it has the texture of real skin and is also "very similar to skin in its mechanical properties. Professor Bhaskaran also said, “Skin is our body’s largest sensory organ, with complex features designed to send rapid-fire warning signals when anything hurts. We’re sensing things all the time through the skin, but our pain response only kicks in at a certain point, like when we touch something too hot or too sharp.” “No electronic technologies have been able to realistically mimic that very human feeling of pain—until now. It’s a critical step forward in the future development of the sophisticated feedback systems that we need to deliver truly smart prosthetics and intelligent robotics.” As predicted by scientists, the device could pave the way towards better prosthetics, smarter robotics, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. In other words, it is significant to advance towards next-generation biomedical technologies and intelligent robotics. (With inputs from agencies)

Indian-born scientist creates artificial skin that can sense touch and pain

Researchers in Singapore have come up with an "electronic skin" that is capable of recreating a sense of touch. It is dubbed as an innovation that will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain.

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The device is called Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin or ACES. It is made up of 100 small sensors and is about 1 sq cm (0.16 square inch) in size.

According to researchers from the National University of Singapore, it can process information faster than the human nervous system, can recognise 20 to 30 different textures and can read Braille letters with more than 90 per cent accuracy.

"So humans need to slide to feel texture, but in this case the skin, with just a single touch, is able to detect textures of different roughness," said research team leader Benjamin Tee, adding that AI algorithms let the device learn quickly.

During the demonstration, the device detected that a squishy stress ball was soft, whereas, the plastic ball was hard.&nbsp;

"When you lose your sense of touch, you essentially become numb... and prosthetic users face that problem," said Tee.

"So by recreating an artificial version of the skin, for their prosthetic devices, they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft, how hard are they holding the hand," said Tee.

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Tee revealed the inspiration behind this concept. The researcher was inspired by a scene by a scene from the "Star Wars" movie trilogy in which the character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced by a robotic one, seemingly able to experience touch sensations again.

Despite being in the experimental stage, the device has gathered "tremendous interest", especially from the medical community, Tee said.&nbsp;

Similar patents developed by his team include a transparent skin that can repair itself when torn and a light-emitting material for wearable electronic devices, Tee said.

(Inputs from Reuters)&nbsp;

Researchers in Singapore have come up with an "electronic skin" that is capable of recreating a sense of touch. It is dubbed as an innovation that will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain.

Researchers in Singapore have come up with an "electronic skin" that is capable of recreating a sense of touch. It is dubbed as an innovation that will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain. The device is called Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin or ACES. It is made up of 100 small sensors and is about 1 sq cm (0.16 square inch) in size. According to researchers from the National University of Singapore, it can process information faster than the human nervous system, can recognise 20 to 30 different textures and can read Braille letters with more than 90 per cent accuracy. "So humans need to slide to feel texture, but in this case the skin, with just a single touch, is able to detect textures of different roughness," said research team leader Benjamin Tee, adding that AI algorithms let the device learn quickly. During the demonstration, the device detected that a squishy stress ball was soft, whereas, the plastic ball was hard. "When you lose your sense of touch, you essentially become numb... and prosthetic users face that problem," said Tee. "So by recreating an artificial version of the skin, for their prosthetic devices, they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft, how hard are they holding the hand," said Tee. Tee revealed the inspiration behind this concept. The researcher was inspired by a scene by a scene from the "Star Wars" movie trilogy in which the character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced by a robotic one, seemingly able to experience touch sensations again. Despite being in the experimental stage, the device has gathered "tremendous interest", especially from the medical community, Tee said. Similar patents developed by his team include a transparent skin that can repair itself when torn and a light-emitting material for wearable electronic devices, Tee said. (Inputs from Reuters)

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