A team of researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel has made a remarkable discovery. They “have developed an implantable fuel cell that uses excess blood sugar (glucose) from tissue to generate electrical energy.” Combining the fuel cell with “artificial beta cells” produces “insulin at the touch of a button and effectively lowers blood glucose levels much like their natural role models in the pancreas.” Martin Fussenegger, the lead researcher, explains: “Many people, especially in the Western industrialised nations, consume more carbohydrates than they need in everyday life.” This leads to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. He goes on to explain that “This gave us the idea of using this excess metabolic energy to produce electricity to power biomedical devices.”
Blood Sugar Can Generate Power
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