A DOUGHNUT-shaped implant that seals off the body to infection could fast-track human robotics and improve treatments like chemotherapy and dialysis.
The device, developed in Geelong, appears to have cracked an enduring medical puzzle — how to get skin to grow onto foreign material.
People with cancer, kidney disease and amputations are among those who could benefit from the breakthrough, with human trials possible within five years.
A small pilot study in animals has shown that skin can be made to grow around the circular device, effectively tricking the immune system into accepting the foreign substance.
