Digestible batteries needed to power electronic pills
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2015 - Imagine a "smart pill" that can sense problems in your intestines and actively release the appropriate drugs. We have the biological understanding to create such a device, but we're still searching for electronic materials (like batteries and circuits) that pose no risk if they get stuck in our bodies. In Trends in Biotechnology, Christopher Bettinger of Carnegie Mellon University presents ... more
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