In conjunction with the CSIC, we will present new neurological therapies and a pioneering development: brain stimulation by nanoparticles
The Spanish National Research Council and the Sols Morreale Biomedical Research Institute (IIBM, CSIC-UAM) have organised the Non-invasive Neuromodulation Prototypes Presentation Day in Madrid, where TECNALIA will present its work developed in this project.
The event will be attended by Ana Castro, Vice-President for Innovation and Transfer of the CSIC and Moisés Martín, General Director of the CDTI.
- The non-invasive neuromodulation prototype that our Health team, led by Ander Ramos has developed will be presented at this meeting.
- Specifically, stimulation by selective nanoparticles.
Technologies that interact non-invasively with the brain
To date, non-invasive tools available have had major limitations. Treatments, such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) or Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, the structure that protects the brain but at the same time prevents many drugs from reaching the neural tissue they are intended to target. This limitation significantly reduces the efficacy of existing therapies.
In this situation, the development of technologies that are capable of interacting with the brain in a non-invasive way becomes a necessity.
- To address this challenge, the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI) has delivered two technological prototypes to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) within the neuromodulation project: Neumonas.
- One of them, developed by TECNALIA, has come up with a pioneering technology to date: stimulation by selective nanoparticles.
All the details will be provided at the presentation on 13 April, which can be followed live on streaming
*Neumonas is a Pre-commercial Public Procurement Initiative for the development of R&D services in the field of non-invasive neuromodulation technologies, funded by the European Union (NextGenerationEU), the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, CDTI and co-funded by the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM). The developments are based on Prior Knowledge that has been generated in the Basque Nanoneuro Network (B3N) initiative of the IKUR strategy, as a Strategic Research project within the framework of the Basque Country Strategic Investment Plan 2022-2024 thanks to the support and funding of the Basque Government's Department of Education.
*To develop this project, the following centres have collaborated with TECNALIA: ACHUCARRO BASQUE CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCE FOUNDATION, DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER (DIPC) FOUNDATION, Bit&Brain Technologies; University of Navarra -Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN); BIZKAIA BIOPHYSICS FOUNDATION (FBB), MATERIALS PHYSICS CENTER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (MPC), EHU (University of the Basque Country - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea).
