This futuristic pill senses signs of disease inside the body, then sends a wireless alert to a phone
by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2018
3 minutes
In the 1966 science fiction classic "Fantastic Voyage," a submarine crew is miniaturized so it can squeeze inside a human body and travel to a hot spot where medical assistance is needed.
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has adapted this idea for real life, replacing the shrunken squad with specially engineered E. coli bacteria and pairing them with a suite of electronics that fit neatly inside an ingestible
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