Leela Breitman: Keying in on Better Learning for Dental Professionals

Apr 23, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Leela Breitman,  SDG3,  SDG4,  SDG9,  USA

Leela: Thanks for your interest in My Dental Key, Spiffy! Oral diseases like dental decay and gum disease affect over half the world's population. Dentists have a lot of work to do and need to be prepared to tackle these challenges...To achieve total health, the world needs accessible, verified oral health education. My Dental Key (MDK) is leveraging video technology to prepare dental learners to master dentistry and promote global oral health.

Rick Pierce: Changing the Course of Colon Disease

Apr 22, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Rick Pierce,  SDG3,  USA

Rick: SanaRx is genetically engineering probiotic gut bacteria to radically expand access to colorectal cancer screening. This helps to improve the diagnosis and staging of two rare diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and its imaging when a colonoscopy needs to be performed. Our technology is less expensive and less invasive......

Natalie Artzi: Utilizing Complex Materials to Improve Post-Surgical Outcomes

Apr 20, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Natalie Artzi,  SDG3,  USA

Natalie: Our mission is to design the next generation of biomaterial-based solutions to advance human health. We developed adhesive biomaterials that can be applied on top of sutures following internal surgeries to prevent leakage of body fluids from the suture line, such as blood following vascular surgeries, gut-content following gastrointestinal surgeries, and air following lung surgery. Our materials are designed to ‘sense’ the properties of the tissue they will be applied to, and provide the most optimal adhesion for each case.