{"id":170303,"date":"2023-08-23T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/electrogenetics-study-finds-we-could-one-day-control-our-genes-with-wearables"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:23:58","slug":"electrogenetics-study-finds-we-could-one-day-control-our-genes-with-wearables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/electrogenetics-study-finds-we-could-one-day-control-our-genes-with-wearables","title":{"rendered":"Electrogenetics Study Finds We Could One Day Control Our Genes With Wearables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/electrogenetics-study-finds-we-could-one-day-control-our-genes-with-wearables2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team used acupuncture needles to deliver the trigger for 10 seconds a day, and the blood sugar levels in the mice returned to normal within a month. The rodents even regained the ability to manage blood sugar levels after a large meal without the need for external insulin, a normally difficult feat.<\/p>\n<p>Called \u201celectrogenetics,\u201d these interfaces are still in their infancy. But the team is especially excited for their potential in wearables to directly guide therapeutics for metabolic and potentially other disorders. Because the setup requires very little power, three AA batteries could trigger a daily insulin shot for more than five years, they said.<\/p>\n<p>The study is the latest to connect the body\u2019s analogue controls\u2014gene expression\u2014with digital and programmable software such as smartphone apps. The system is \u201ca leap forward, representing the missing link that will enable wearables to control genes in the not-so-distant future,\u201d said the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team used acupuncture needles to deliver the trigger for 10 seconds a day, and the blood sugar levels in the mice returned to normal within a month. The rodents even regained the ability to manage blood sugar levels after a large meal without the need for external insulin, a normally difficult feat. Called \u201celectrogenetics,\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1512,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-mobile-phones","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}