# Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows: Shape Your Future
- Speaker: Khalil Ramadi
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/khalil_ramadi_electronic_pills_that_could_transform_how_we_treat_disease)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Could a small jolt of electricity to your gut help treat chronic diseases? Medical hacker and TED Fellow Khalil Ramadi is developing a new, noninvasive therapy that could treat diseases like diabetes, obesity, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's with an electronic pill. More targeted than a traditional pill and less invasive than surgery, these micro-devices contain electronics that deliver "bionudges" -- bursts of electrical or chemical stimuli -- to the gut, potentially helping control appetite, aid digestion, regulate hormones -- and even stimulate happiness in the brain.

## Lectures

1. [Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/khalil_ramadi_electronic_pills_that_could_transform_how_we_treat_disease/43a7dbd8e8f2), 5 min (TED's player)