Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Pufferfish-inspired pill could keep a long-term eye on your gastric health

The pill has the potential to keep track of stomach health using a variety of sensors

MIT researchers have developed an ingestible pill that swells up to the size of a ping-pong ball upon reaching the stomach, allowing it to remain in the body and take measurements from within – for weeks at a time. The pill's creators hope that it could be used for a multitude of purposes, from tracking stomach pH levels to observing the growth of tumors and ulcers.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2DI6pLd

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