MiGEM: Modelling Inter-Scale Energetics in GastroIntestinal ElectroMechanics

MiGEM: Modelling Inter-Scale Energetics in GastroIntestinal ElectroMechanics MiGEM aims to develop greater knowledge of gastrointestinal pathologies, such as dysrhythmias, gastroparesis and paralytic ileus (affecting more than 60% of the adult population), with the final aim of understanding the causes that generate these disorders and identifying more effective therapeutic strategies than the current ones. The project will involve the development of theoretical and computational digital models based on innovative experiments, capable of measuring for the first time in the world the heat generated by the gastrointestinal wall and mapping its movement. MiGEM examines gastrointestinal pathologies from the perspective of preventing them, identifying therapeutic strategies in silico through the optimisation of existing devices, enhancing their efficiency or better use, or by proposing new therapeutic strategies not yet available.