Materials science meets medicine: Why implants fail
Dübendorf, 28.08.2025 — What happens to titanium implants once they are inside the human body? Why are they sometimes rejected or even break? Empa researcher Martina Cihova is exploring these questions at the interface between implants and human tissues and cells, where materials science meets medicine. She was recently awarded an Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to support her research.
