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The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering uses biological design principles to develop new engineering innovations that will transform medicine and create a more sustainable world. At the Wyss Institute, we leverage recent insights into how Nature builds, controls and manufactures to develop new engineering innovations - a new field of research we call Biologically Inspired Engineering. By emulating biological principles of self assembly, organization and regulation, we are developing disruptive technology solutions for healthcare, energy, architecture, robotics, and manufacturing, which are translated into commercial products and therapies through formation of new startups and corporate alliances. We have 8 major Focus Areas. Through our Innovation Funnel, we harness the creative freedom of academia to generate a pipeline of new ideas and potential breakthrough technologies; enable our staff with product development experience to prototype, mature and de-risk these tech

Leveraging Nature's genius to tackle urgent global challenges. News Ending the Guesswork in Fetal Distress Humans of the Wyss Jen Bays on repairing vascular barriers technology NeoSense: Sepsis Detection in Newborns It takes a force of Nature – a passionate team – to leverage Nature’s genius. Nature has the answers to the world’s big problems. Only a Force of Nature – an organization of passionate people driven by impatience, hope, and biologically-inspired engineering – can unlock those answers. By relentlessly focusing on human and planetary health, our teams are creating novel…

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