Instead Of Pills

No More Pills? Tiny Nerve-Zapping Implants to Fight Disease (+Video)

Shelly Fan | August 7, 2016

Imagine a future where we can treat diabetes or autoimmune disorders with an electrical zap delivered by a device no larger than a speck of dust.
The device, implanted through microsurgery, sits silently on a single nerve bundle, monitoring electrical signals sent out by the brain to itself and various organs in the body.
When it detects a problem — a rogue misfire, or a shift in activity patterns — the device powers up, sending out counter-pulses to correct the signal. In this way, it keeps your body running smoothly and disease at bay. No pills. No injections. No pain.

[Click on link for video.] Source: http://singularityhub.com/2016/08/07/no-more-pills-tiny-nerve-zapping-implants-to-fight-disease/

[Click on link for video.] (This real-life cyborg has an antenna implanted into his skull. February 10, 2015) Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/cyborg-neil-harbisson-implanted-antenna-skull-2015-2

<more at http://singularityhub.com/2016/08/07/no-more-pills-tiny-nerve-zapping-implants-to-fight-disease/; related articles and links: http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/2016/gsk-and-verily-to-establish-galvani-bioelectronics-a-new-company-dedicated-to-the-development-of-bioelectronic-medicines/ (GSK and Verily to establish Galvani Bioelectronics – a new company dedicated to the development of bioelectronic medicines. August 1, 2016) and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-shamini-jain/hacking-into-healing-the-_b_7507928.html? (Hacking Into Healing: The REAL Future of Medicine. June 5, 2016)>