The Electric Gut: A Future of Gastrointestinal Bioelectronics

a capsule illustration half circuits and half fruits

Assistant Professor Khalil Ramadi co-authored a perspective piece arguing that ingestible electronics — pill-sized devices that can sense and stimulate the gut — should be reimagined using edible, food-derived materials that the body can safely break down and excrete, opening the door to a new field of gastrointestinal bioelectronic medicine..