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Home > Press > Implantable 'living pharmacy' could control body's sleep/wake cycles: Project receives DARPA contract worth up to $33 million over 4 1/2 years
In this artistic illustration, a user with an NTRAIN implant and its accompanying external hub works in the field. The user inputs a desired time shift (due to shift work or travel across time zones). Based on cues from the bodys physiology, the external hub detects the users circadian rhythm, and triggers the implant to produce precisely-dosed peptide therapies.
Abstract:
Device will harness the same peptides the body makes to regulate sleep cycles