--- title: MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments... description: MIT researchers have received $65.67 million funding to develop ingestible devices for treating metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The project... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-team-receives-funding-to-pursue-new-treatments-for-metabolic-disease-xsvvhzqyv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease | daily.dev og:description: MIT researchers have received $65.67 million funding to develop ingestible devices for treating metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The project... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-team-receives-funding-to-pursue-new-treatments-for-metabolic-disease-xsvvhzqyv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xsvvhzqYv.png og:image:alt: MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT researchers have received $65.67 million funding to develop ingestible devices for treating metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The project aims to utilize mRNA and electroceuticals to deliver therapies orally and stimulate the body's own hormones and neural signaling. Collaborators include Brigham and Women’s Hospital, New York University, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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