Bacteria ‘pills’ could detect gut diseases — without the endoscope (IMAGE)

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Bacteria ‘pills’ could detect gut diseases — without the endoscope

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Microspheres that sense gastrointestinal disease are suspended in solution (left), then attracted to the side of a test tube by a magnet (right) so researchers can easily retrieve them from biological samples.

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Adapted from ACS Sensors 2025, DOI 10.1021/acssensors.5c01813

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