--- title: "MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease" url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-team-receives-funding-to-pursue-new-treatments-for-metabolic-disease-xsvvhzqyv source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-led-team-receives-funding-new-treatments-metabolic-disease-0205 type: article source: "MIT News" published: 2024-02-05T20:58:59.538Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z tags: ["venture-capital", "mechanical-engineering", "chemical-engineering"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital), [#mechanical-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/mechanical-engineering), [#chemical-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/chemical-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-led-team-receives-funding-to-pursue-new-treatments-for-metabolic-disease-xsvvhzqyv)