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GUT CHECK: SWALLOWED CAPSULE COULD SPOT TROUBLE, SEND ALERT

May 25, 2018 2 minutes

Scientists have developed a swallowed capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside the gut.

The capsule was tested in pigs and correctly detected signs of bleeding, researchers at the Massachusetts

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