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MECHE PEOPLE: Giovanni Traverso | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Researchers including Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso have designed a new face mask that could stop viral particles as effectively as N95 masks. and can be easily sterilized and used many times. A team of researchers including Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso developed a kirigami-inspired stent system that can support the rapid delivery of drugs to long tubular organs like the gastrointestinal tract. A team of researchers including Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso have developed an ingestible capsule capable of delivering antibodies, insulin and other drugs which usually require an injection. Trinity College, University of Cambridge Johns Hopkins University Trinity College, University of Cambridge Ingestible and implantable robotics Biocompatible smart materials Translational science Drug delivery for optimal drug adherence Biomedical device development Early detection of cancer “Inactive ingredients” and their potential benefits and harms Prof. Giovanni Traverso is the

Bio Prof. Giovanni Traverso is the Director of the Laboratory for Translational Engineering (www.l4te.org), Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, an Associate Member of the Broad Institute and an Associate Faculty Member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES). Dr. Traverso grew up in Peru, Canada and the United Kingdom. He received his BA from Trinity College, University of Cambridge,…

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