Battery you can swallow could enable future ingestible medical devices

Battery you can swallow could enable future ingestible medical devices Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 25, 2016 - Non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices for diagnosing and treating disease. One team reports new progress toward that goal with their batteries made with melanin pigments, naturally found in the skin, hair and eyes. The researchers will present their work today at the 252nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's ... more

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