Part-Human, Part-Machine Transistor Devised

asukasoryu writes "Man and machine can now be linked more intimately than ever, according to a new article in the journal ACS Nano Letters. Scientists have embedded a nano-sized transistor inside a cell-like membrane and powered it using the cell's own fuel. To create the implanted circuit, the UC scientists combined a carbon nanotube transistor, lipid bilayer coating, ion pump, and ATP. The ion pump changes the electrical charge inside the cell, which then changes the electrical charge going through the transistor, which the scientists could measure and monitor."

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Re:Reverse Works Too

[vegiVamp]

If you can find a way to install things on targeted cells, you can just deliver the actual chemo to the cells without this as intermediary.