Implantable chip under your skin to replace diet pills

Scientists decided a little help to the hundreds of millions of people every year who try to lose weight through diet. Create a "smart" chip that can block the feeling of hunger in obtaining enough food.

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The computer chip is able to constantly check the level of sugar in the blood, and if it turns out to be higher than normal, then the chip will cause the brain to produce a hormone that suppresses hunger. Currently, this technology is still under development, but the early version of the chip has been tested on mice suffering from obesity. Experiments have shown that the rodents began to consume significantly less fatty foods, which helped to achieve weight loss .

Above the chip operate Swiss scientists, led by Professor Martin Fussengera. The results of their work were recently published in the journal Nature Communications. It turned out that the chip can not only suppress hunger when getting enough calories, it also blocks the effects of diet drugs in the body, which is no longer in need of weight loss.

It is believed the creators of the chip, their device may come into wide practice for 5-10 years. The chip contains two genes whose joint work will regularly check your appetite. The first gene monitors the level of fat in the blood, and the other acts as an appetite suppressor gene, effectively suppressing hunger spasms. Professor Fussenger declared that his genetic technology of implantable chips is not limited to the region   weight loss . This technique can work in the treatment of any chronic disease. But the chip has the potential to replace the diet pills and even gastroshuntirovanie in the near future. (READ MORE)

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