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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by kylnew on Monday May 28, 2018 @09:29AM (#17172264)
Having experienced gut related issues recently that needed medical diagnosis I appreciate this direction of research wholeheartedly.
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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by tbarbugli on Monday May 28, 2018 @03:17AM (#17171025)
Been reading about pill based diagnosis for digestive organs for more than 10 year. Current alternative to this is incredibly invasive and painful and scary as hell!. Is any hospital using similar non invasice technology to run stomach/intestine checks?
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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by ssorc on Monday May 28, 2018 @03:49AM (#17171141)
There are some, e.g. the Medtronic Smartpill for motility testing:

http://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/products/motility-te...

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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by unixhero on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:35AM (#17170890)
Why would I want to put E.Coli into my digestive system?
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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by carlmr on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:55AM (#17170958)
Most strains aren't harmful. You already have buttloads (pun intended) in your digestive system. It even produces Vitamin K for you.
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Re:A capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for sign... by pazimzadeh on Monday May 28, 2018 @05:03AM (#17171399)
About 1% of your intestinal flora is composed of E. coli. Plus, in the system describes, the E. coli is enclosed in a capsule and won't colonize your intestine.
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