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Commentary - September 1, 2026

“The technology exists. Ukraine needs it”: Inside a Swedish surgeon’s mission to Ukraine

Rickard Brånemark, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Integrum, has traveled to Ukraine eight times to train surgeons in an advanced Swedish implant technology for amputees. The need, he writes, is difficult to overstate – and the question now is how quickly the technology can be scaled up to meet it.

Science article - May 11, 2026

Health and life sciences in the shadow of war

After 18 hours of traveling from Gothenburg I’m heading to the main hospital in Cherkasy, Ukraine, which is a reasonably-sized hospital with about 800 beds. Apart from their everyday business they have had an extra 30,000 or so soldiers to take care of since the war started. They are worn out. The staff members are really trying to hang in there. They're running low on supplies but they’re not giving up.

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