Karlsruhe (dpa/lsw) - New technologies for precision medicine, humanoid robots in healthcare or cyber security to protect sensitive data: Since medicine is also becoming increasingly digital, a new center for health technologies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is dedicated to the associated challenges . According to information on Wednesday, more than 150 scientists from a wide variety of disciplines such as medical technology, robotics, life sciences and data sciences are to work closely together to accelerate research in the field.
Basic research should be combined with concrete applications in health technologies, explained Professor Oliver Kraft, Vice President for Research at KIT. One of the examples given was exoskeletons - external support structures to wear that are intended to relieve people of heavy physical work.
"With the new center, we are actively addressing the needs of the population and the health care system," said KIT President Holger Hanselka. "Constant change, for example in the field of digitization or robotics, offers us many new opportunities."
According to the statement, citizens will have to work more closely with doctors and researchers in the future. The center, called KIT-HealthTech (Health Technologies), is intended to bundle interdisciplinary competencies and work together with clinic networks, health insurance companies and licensing authorities. "The aim is to develop digital and technological solutions for medical devices from the perspective and for the benefit of society and to focus on its medical needs."
