7 Oct 2017

Electroceuticals: turning off disease

From This Way Up, 12:20 pm on 7 October 2017
Bioceuticals use electrical pulses to regulate medical conditions

Bioceuticals use electrical pulses to regulate medical conditions Photo: Setpointmedical.com

US-based Set Point Medical has developed a pacemaker-like device to treat Rheumatoid arthritis.

CEO Anthony Arnold explains how bioelectrics can be used to turn on or off specific functions in an organ or muscle.

 

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