Biotechnology Eagles from Poland – 5 Polish inventions that are changing the world for the better

SiDLY – technology that breathes with the senior citizen

Imagine a wristband that watches over your grandmother’s health 24/7. It measures heart rate, saturation, detects a fall, and when something bad happens – it calls for help itself. Sound like a medical Guardian Angel? It’s SiDLY Vital Care – a certified Class IIa medical device that is already saving lives in Poland.

In an era of an aging population and staff shortages in the health care system, such solutions are not a luxury, but a necessity. What’s more – SiDLY is integrated with a dedicated NZOZ and allows remote data analysis by doctors and relatives. Seniors gain a sense of security and… more independence.

DeepRhythmAI – when the heart talks and artificial intelligence listens

Time is life – especially when it comes to cardiac arrhythmias. Traditional ECG analysis can take hours. Meanwhile, DeepRhythmAI does it in… minutes. And on top of that, it is 14 times more accurate than classic methods, as proven by the DRAI MARTINI study presented at the ESC Congress in London and published in Nature Medicine.

The system analyzes data from Holter, MCT or event recorder devices, operating 100% in the cloud and improving diagnostics by up to 65%. It’s not just another app. It’s a medical Copilot for doctors that doesn’t sleep, doesn’t rest, and never misses an arrhythmia.

STRIDE™ – DNA damage as in the palm of your hand

Until now, evaluating the effectiveness of cancer therapies has been akin to fortune-telling. The company intoDNA says no more to that. With STRIDE™, we can literally see how a therapy works at the DNA level – because genetic damage… flashes under the microscope.

STRIDE™ works where other technologies are blind. It even detects single DNA breaks – single- and double-stranded. This allows pharmacists to create tailor-made drugs and patients to get treatments that actually work. In short: it’s a DNA x-ray.

Real Research – Cells grow in 3D as in the human body

Traditional cell culture in laboratories is a 2D flat world, although our bodies are 3D. And that’s why LifeGel from Real Research is a biotech breakthrough. It allows cancer cells to grow in space – just like in a real body.

The result? Much better cancer tumor models, more accurate drug testing and an end to unnecessary animal testing. It’s a milestone in experimental oncology – technology that increases the chance that a patient will get an effective drug. And faster than ever before.

inPROBE®- tumor testing without a scalpel

What if instead of a biopsy, all you needed was light? The inPROBE® technology from SDS Optic is a revolution in diagnostics. With fiber-optic biosensors, it is possible to measure the concentration of cancer biomarkers non-invasively and in real time – no cutting, no waiting, no stress.

It is a combination of optoelectronics and biotechnology that enables doctors to make quick treatment decisions and eliminate diagnostic errors. inPROBE® is the technological scalpel of the future – fast, precise and infinitely more comfortable for the patient.

Polish biotechnology is undoubtedly growing in strength

All these inventions are united by their Polish origins. And they also have in common the courage to think ahead and translate science into real change. And the fact that they are part of the We Did It In Poland campaign, which aims to strengthen the image of Poland as an innovative and modern country, raising awareness of the economic successes of Polish women and men both at home and abroad. Polish companies are showing the world that biotechnology can be smart, accessible and humanistic at the same time. Poland is no longer just a country of outsourced services. We are creators of solutions that can change the lives of billions of people around the world. And that is just something to be proud of.

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