The cyborg device helps to heal

Swiss scientists have created an implant that looks like cyborg robot, hoping to soon recover the ability to walk for people with paralysis.

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Implants made of rolled silicon and gold - (Photo: AFP)

According to the Science report, the thin, stretchable device, called e-Dura , is the work of experts from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

It is designed to act as a 'bridge' between the two ends of the spinal cord that has been damaged by trauma, thereby transferring electrical impulses of brain waves and drugs to where it is needed.

To increase the flexibility of gold, experts thinned the material at a thickness of only 35 nanometers, and applied each layer to each other. Thanks to plasticity and elasticity, the device made of silicon and gold does not cause inflammation or is identified by the body as a 'foreign material' which leads to removal like previous equipment.

Scientists believe that e-Dura could last up to 10 years when implanted, rather than being discarded in the short term like similar devices.

In the mouse experiment, e-Dura proved to be able to recover the walking ability of paralyzed mice, and then the Swiss team is expected to test on humans.