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MIT Has Developed An Ingestible Sensor That Could Detect Symptoms Of Diseases, Such As Blood, In Stomachs. The Device Works By Using Engineered Bacteria That Glows When It Senses Blood, Which Is Then Sent, As A Signal, To A Smart Phone. Scientists Plan To Use Similar Method To Detect Crohn’s Disease.

Researchers develop ingestible sensor to non-invasively monitor indicators of disease

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20180706/Researchers-develop-ingestible-sensor-to-non-invasively-monitor-indicators-of-disease.aspx

NIBIB-funded researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created an ingestible sensor to non-invasively monitor indicators of disease in the stomach and intestines.