Interesting technology. I can see the benefits for diabetics: computer monitors blood sugar, releasing insulin as needed. Totally cybernetic pancreas... very cool.
"delinquent patients take their medicine without even realising it" may have been a poor choice of words. ;)
Originally shared by The EconomistIn a paper published online on Thursday in Science Translational Medicine, Robert Farra and his colleagues described the first clinical trial of an implanted microchip that delivers medicine. An implanted device would ensure that delinquent patients take their medicine without even realising it
http://econ.st/yjVQhSPlacing their chips