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This microbe-filled pill could track inflammation in the gut
A blueberry-size pill that you swallow could let doctors measure signs of inflammatory bowel disease in the gut, helping spot it earlier and measure its progression in real time.
“The gut is like a black box—very hard to access,” says Maria Inda, a synthetic biologist at MIT and co-leader on the team that created the pill. “The only way we have now is colonoscopy. That’s invasive, can’t be repeated at short intervals, and disrupts the gut microbiome.”
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/18/1081842/this-microbe-filled-pill-could-track-inflammation-in-the-gut/