Future pharmaceuticals to monitor your body daily and treat diseases dubbed "Electroceuticals"

07/26/2013 - 00:00


By John Blau - 

It may be a long shot, but why not try it? British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) believes the next big wave in medicine will be electroceuticals, a buzzword the company has coined for a technology that would use electrical impulses—rather than the chemicals or biological molecules found in today’s pharmaceuticals—to treat diseases.

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