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Gut check: Swallowed capsule could spot trouble, send alert dOCTOR ON dUTY
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Dr. Velasquez
conditions. Co-author Tim Tel. 586 0512
Lu speculated that future San Nicolas
patients could swallow a
capsule "once a week or
once a month" to screen EMERGENCIA 911
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This undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering San Nicolas
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON sors in swallowed capsules, signals to a smartphone. capsule. Mimee received a TAXI-TAS 587-5900
Associated Press said Kourosh Kalantar-za- Shrinking the capsule to fellowship from the Howard PROF. TAXI 588-0035
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ics and millions of geneti- Institute of Technology in co-author Phillip Nadeau. ence Department.q CrUiSE SHiP
cally engineered living cells Australia. Data encryption will be
that might someday be "The work is yet another needed to protect patient
used to spot health prob- step toward showing the privacy. And it's meant to
lems from inside the gut. great promises of smart, be used once, so they'll Editor
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