Title:Recent Advancements in Bioelectronic Medicine: A Review
Volume: 21
Issue: 11
Author(s): Sudipta Das, Baishali Ghosh, Rudra Narayan Sahoo and Amit Kumar Nayak*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to
be University), Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
Keywords:
Molecular medicine, neurology, bioelectric, electrical signaling, brain signaling, bioelectric therapy.
Abstract: Bioelectronic medicine is a multidisciplinary field that combines molecular medicine,
neurology, engineering, and computer science to design devices for diagnosing and treating diseases.
The advancements in bioelectronic medicine can improve the precision and personalization of illness
treatment. Bioelectronic medicine can produce, suppress, and measure electrical activity in excitable
tissue. Bioelectronic devices modify specific neural circuits using electrons rather than pharmaceuticals
and uses of bioelectronic processes to regulate the biological processes underlining various diseases.
This promotes the potential to address the underlying causes of illnesses, reduce adverse effects,
and lower costs compared to conventional medication. The current review presents different
important aspects of bioelectronic medicines with recent advancements. The area of bioelectronic
medicine has a lot of potential for treating diseases, enabling non-invasive therapeutic intervention by
regulating brain impulses. Bioelectronic medicine uses electricity to control biological processes,
treat illnesses, or regain lost capability. These new classes of medicines are designed by the technological
developments in the detection and regulation of electrical signaling methods in the nervous
system. Peripheral nervous system regulates a wide range of processes in chronic diseases; it involves
implanting small devices onto specific peripheral nerves, which read and regulate the brain signaling
patterns to achieve therapeutic effects specific to the signal capacity of a particular organ. The potential
for bioelectronic medicine field is vast, as it investigates for treatment of various diseases, including
rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, paralysis, chronic illnesses, blindness, etc.