New ingestible electrode capsule stimulates hunger-regulating hormone

In collaborative work, a team of scientists has designed a novel capsule to simulate a hunger-regulating hormone. 

Ghrelin is a stomach hormone that regulates our appetite, including feelings of hunger, nausea, and fullness. This innovative ingestible capsule can alter the functioning of this hormone, paving the way for the treatment of a variety of gastrointestinal diseases. 

Called FLASH, this new “ingestible electroceutical capsule” was created by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University in Abu Dhabi. 

“An ingestible pill that contains…