Biological engineering

A veteran has become the first person in the country to be attached with an advanced bionic hand capable of conveying sensations, regaining the ability of gripping objects after 17 years.

Gendarmerie Specialized Sergeant Yılmaz Yiğit lost his two arms, along with one leg and one eye, as a result of bomb explosion during a PKK operation in the southeastern province of Şırnak in 2007.

A cutting-edge technological device has been developed by a scientific team in the UK, called the "artificial pancreas," to optimize the treatment of people with type 1 diabetes. The artificial pancreas incorporates modern algorithms and interacts with each user individually, automating the process of measuring and taking insulin.

The deadly earthquakes last month have caused much sorrow and pain, particularly for those who underwent amputation, as their lives have taken a completely new turn, trying to hold on to hope to start their lives afresh.

Two small Greek companies are helping provide solutions for animals with serious mobility issues. The more technologically advanced of the two, bio3dvet, designs and produces artificial limbs, some on 3D printers.

The revolutionary device could be implanted in human subjects by the end of this year, and some experts believe it could completely revolutionise human sexuality

Bulgarian scientists invented a filter which purifies air from mechanical, chemical and biological pollutants. The hydro-cyclone system has been developed entirely by Bulgarian scientists and is a completed technology for destruction of viruses and bacteria, including COVID-19, PhD student Viktor Stoyanov told the Bulgarian National Radio.

Accusations that a Greek woman has for years falsely claimed to be a high-caliber international scientist gained further credence yesterday after the UK's Telegraph newspaper cited a NASA official who refuted her assertion that she worked for the US space agency.

After a Turkish aid group paid for life-changing surgery to give her prosthetic legs, an 8-year-old Syrian refugee girl on Dec. 8 left Turkey walking tall, living out her greatest dream.

A dog whose feet were amputated after a wrong treatment is now able to walk again thanks to a man from southeastern Turkey, who was dubbed by the Turkish media as the "repairman of lives" for making walkers and prosthetic limbs for animals using makeshift means.

The eight-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed at her by journalists attending the fitting.