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Vaishnav, Yash

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LLNLs Neurotechnology Portfolio Presentation to Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) [Slides]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has a long history in Bioengineering. They developed the first-ever bionic eye, as one example given. LLNL works in the Electroceuticals area. ELECTROnic pharmaCEUTICAL: Bioelectronic devices designed to stimulate electrically active tissues to affect biological systems in such a fashion as to alleviate or mitigate symptomatology and/or pathology. The market outlook in the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) area is discussed, as is Polymeric Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (POEMS). The presentation ends with iCHIP and Tissue Research topics.

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Coronaviruses: Epidemics and Pandemics

Coronaviruses constitute a large group of viruses that circulate in domestic and wild mammals and birds (human, cat, dog, pig, mouse, rat, bat, cattle, deer, giraffe, llama, sheep, elk, caribou, and birds). Seven of them have made their way into humans. This presentation gives an overview of three coronavirus epidemics with an emphasis on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) which causes coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19).

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