Zapping cells with electric currents doesn’t sound like a safe way to treat disease, but, Famm reasoned, since nerves communicate with a flurry of electrical signals, why not exploit that? He founded Galvani Bioelectronics (with funding from GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet) to create implantable electric devices that can control the activity of organs such as the liver and pancreas in order to treat diseases like diabetes. —Alice Park
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