Battery You Can Swallow Could Enable Future Ingestible Medical Devices (IMAGE)

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Battery You Can Swallow Could Enable Future Ingestible Medical Devices

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Christopher Bettinger, Ph.D., is developing an edible battery made with melanin and dissolvable materials.

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Bettinger lab

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