CUHK Creates Noninvasive Way to Treat Gastric Reflux Without Surgery or Drugs

CUHK has developed wirelessly powered electronic stents for a new electrical stimulation therapy to prevent and potentially cure gastric acid reflux. Professor Tony Chan Kai-fung (L), professor Zhang Li (C), professor Philip Chiu Wai-yan (R). Courtesy of CUHK

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) researchers have developed a new, noninvasive way to prevent and treat gastric acid reflux with the potential for patients to avoid surgery or drugs.

The research details have been published in the open-access journal Science Advances.