{"id":570256,"date":"2010-05-19T02:13:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T06:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/glucose-powered-biofuel-cell-implanted-in-rats\/15138\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T02:13:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T06:13:23","slug":"sugar-powered-biofuel-cell-to-power-artificial-organs-and-medical-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/570256","title":{"rendered":"Sugar-powered biofuel cell to power artificial organs and medical implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c0378172.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/glucose-biofuel-cell.jpg\" alt=\"Implants containing both Glucose Oxidase and catalase, before and after implantation in a ...\"><\/p>\n<p>The miniaturization of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tiny-sensor-simplifies-blood-pressure-readings\/10846\/\" >electrical sensors<\/a> coupled with the development of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/implant-flexible-electronics\/14642\/\" >flexible silicon technology<\/a> paves the way for a wide variety of medical sensors that can be implanted into the human body. One of the major obstacles facing the development of such devices, not to mention <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/artificial-pancreas-for-children-with-type-1-diabetes-a-step-closer-14\/14116\/\" >artificial organs<\/a>, is how they are powered. Currently devices need to be constantly recharged via an external power source or, as is the case with battery-powered pacemakers, replaced altogether. Now a team of French researchers has implanted a new type of biofuel cell into rats that overcomes these problems by generating electricity from a potentially limitless source &#8211; sugar in the rat&#8217;s bodies&#8230;<br \/>\nContinue Reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/glucose-powered-biofuel-cell-implanted-in-rats\/15138\/\">Sugar-powered biofuel cell to power artificial organs and medical implants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/biofuel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Biofuel<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/fuel+cell\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fuel Cell<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/glucose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glucose<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/implant\/\" rel=\"tag\">Implant<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/medical\/\" rel=\"tag\">Medical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/1399\/\">Glucose Biographer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/8133\/\">Boeing announce plans to accelerate bio-jet fuel development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/artificial-pancreas-for-children-with-type-1-diabetes-a-step-closer-14\/14116\/\">&#8216;Artificial pancreas&#8217; could remove multiple daily finger prick tests for children with type 1 diabetes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/1181\/\">Advanced Neuromodulation Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/cyanobacteria-ooze-fatty-acid-biofuel\/14686\/\">Renewable biofuel oozes from reprogrammed microbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/color-changing-contact-lenses-diabetic-glucose\/13682\/\">Color-changing contact lenses alert diabetics to glucose-level changes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8zP0iW5sJ5nPn1-Y6G57mg7KtyM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8zP0iW5sJ5nPn1-Y6G57mg7KtyM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8zP0iW5sJ5nPn1-Y6G57mg7KtyM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8zP0iW5sJ5nPn1-Y6G57mg7KtyM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=XhqYqdocJCk:CvOepBWOH7k:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/XhqYqdocJCk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The miniaturization of electrical sensors coupled with the development of flexible silicon technology paves the way for a wide variety of medical sensors that can be implanted into the human body. 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