Tens of millions of people live today with one or more surgical implant. Every time a patient receives a surgical implant, the immune system initiates a foreign body reaction. The implant becomes covered by a thick layer of fibrotic tissue, which hardens and contracts over time in an attempt of isolating, killing and expelling the foreign body.

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Hylomorph aims at minimizing post-surgical complications in medical implants, thus improving patients' quality-of-life and reducing associated healthcare costs.