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Dec 27, 2024

MIT creates tiny antennas to track brain and heart disease signals

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The innovation offers potential advancements in diagnosing conditions like arrhythmia and Alzheimer’s.


Researchers at MIT have unveiled a biosensing technique that uses tiny, wireless antennas to monitor electrical signals in biological systems with unprecedented precision.

By eliminating the need for wires and amplifiers, the innovation simplifies cellular studies, offering potential advancements in diagnosing conditions like arrhythmia and Alzheimer’s and enabling more targeted treatments.

Electrical signals are fundamental to cellular communication, yet traditional methods for measuring them are cumbersome and limited in scope.

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