The first fear thought about digestive disorder is they're going to do a damn colonoscopy on me. However, the researchers take an entirely different approach and you drink this one. The drink contains nanobots which measure digestive health and there's no chance of your body absorbing them since they're investigating the same bodily process which flushes them back out.
Prognosis: zero colonoscopies in the future.
Don't be dashing off too quickly, young Dagwood, since of course your gut is doing fine because the gut is designed fairly well to start but that shit you're eating will take care of that excellent function and you will be blowing gas like that methane leak in California before too long ... unless you stick to that healthy diet you post on Facebook ... but we know you won't.
Science Daily: Smart pills could revolutionize prevention and diagnosis of gut disorders
Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have successfully completed phase one human trials of ingestible capsules that have the potential to revolutionise the prevention and diagnosis of gut disorders and diseases.
The research team, led by the pills' co-inventor Distinguished Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, tested the ingestible smart capsules (the size of a vitamin pill) that journey through and measure gas levels in the gastrointestinal tract.
- SD
How about those clever li'l itty bitty 'bot-like things. They are the end of the colonoscopy, chico.
If you're fifty or over, you will have experienced at least one colonoscopy and if not then you're probably a dumb ass who doesn't care about the real risk of cancer. Don't fuck around with this since you don't ever want to know what cancer of that nature brings down on you.
I know some of you are cursed with problems of this nature and don't need any preachy, preachy about getting colonoscopies. Hopefully it's at least some consolation to know there will be a way in the future to do the diagnostic process in a much more civilized and effective manner. Maybe our generation won't benefit but there are so many who will.
The ingestible technology has demonstrated several thousand -times more sensitivity to gut gases than alternative techniques.
"Currently, one of the only methods for diagnosing gut disorders, such as mal-absorption of carbohydrates, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammable bowel disease, is to measure hydrogen concentrations in the breath," Kalantar-zadeh said.
"However, breath tests are mired by a lack of sensitivity and specificity and are unable to provide the necessary gold standard for diagnosis."
- SD
Ergo, the current method sucks and doesn't work too well but our gallant researchers have an answer to that.
Co-inventor Dr Kyle Berean said: "Ingestible sensors also offer a reliable diagnostic tool for colon cancer, meaning that people won't have to undergo colonoscopies in future."
A key finding from the initial trials was just how safe the new technology is.
"Smart pills are harmless and there is no risk of capsule retention," Berean said.
An added advantage is that the capsules can be synched with smartphones, meaning results are easily accessible by users and doctors online.
The potential applications from this technology are profound.
- SD
Got yer attention yet, Spaceman? This is Future Almost Now material.
Some may remember troubles Reagan had with afflication of this nature but this looks like a high-confidence mechanism for beating that and preventing problems rather than diagnosing them after the fact.
Note: they have seriously got to come up with a better name than smart pills. We need far better accuracy than that and it seems these deliver it.
Prognosis: zero colonoscopies in the future.
Don't be dashing off too quickly, young Dagwood, since of course your gut is doing fine because the gut is designed fairly well to start but that shit you're eating will take care of that excellent function and you will be blowing gas like that methane leak in California before too long ... unless you stick to that healthy diet you post on Facebook ... but we know you won't.
Science Daily: Smart pills could revolutionize prevention and diagnosis of gut disorders
Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have successfully completed phase one human trials of ingestible capsules that have the potential to revolutionise the prevention and diagnosis of gut disorders and diseases.
The research team, led by the pills' co-inventor Distinguished Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, tested the ingestible smart capsules (the size of a vitamin pill) that journey through and measure gas levels in the gastrointestinal tract.
- SD
How about those clever li'l itty bitty 'bot-like things. They are the end of the colonoscopy, chico.
If you're fifty or over, you will have experienced at least one colonoscopy and if not then you're probably a dumb ass who doesn't care about the real risk of cancer. Don't fuck around with this since you don't ever want to know what cancer of that nature brings down on you.
I know some of you are cursed with problems of this nature and don't need any preachy, preachy about getting colonoscopies. Hopefully it's at least some consolation to know there will be a way in the future to do the diagnostic process in a much more civilized and effective manner. Maybe our generation won't benefit but there are so many who will.
The ingestible technology has demonstrated several thousand -times more sensitivity to gut gases than alternative techniques.
"Currently, one of the only methods for diagnosing gut disorders, such as mal-absorption of carbohydrates, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammable bowel disease, is to measure hydrogen concentrations in the breath," Kalantar-zadeh said.
"However, breath tests are mired by a lack of sensitivity and specificity and are unable to provide the necessary gold standard for diagnosis."
- SD
Ergo, the current method sucks and doesn't work too well but our gallant researchers have an answer to that.
Co-inventor Dr Kyle Berean said: "Ingestible sensors also offer a reliable diagnostic tool for colon cancer, meaning that people won't have to undergo colonoscopies in future."
A key finding from the initial trials was just how safe the new technology is.
"Smart pills are harmless and there is no risk of capsule retention," Berean said.
An added advantage is that the capsules can be synched with smartphones, meaning results are easily accessible by users and doctors online.
The potential applications from this technology are profound.
- SD
Got yer attention yet, Spaceman? This is Future Almost Now material.
Some may remember troubles Reagan had with afflication of this nature but this looks like a high-confidence mechanism for beating that and preventing problems rather than diagnosing them after the fact.
Note: they have seriously got to come up with a better name than smart pills. We need far better accuracy than that and it seems these deliver it.
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