Biodegradable battery could melt inside the body

Medical implants would monitor vital signs or dispense therapies before vanishing

A biodegradable, implantable battery could help in the development of biomedical devices that monitor tissue or deliver treatments before being…

Full text: http://www.nature.com/news/biodegradable-battery-could-melt-inside-the-body-1.14919

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Mark Peplow

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The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
University of Illinois

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