POSTS TAGGED AS GI

Cologuard Test for Colon Cancer

Cologuard
Exact Sciences, Inc. (Madison, WS) has developed a DNA fecal test for detecting stage I-III cancers that is considerable more [MORE]

Prognosis for Cell Therapies

Fecal transplants are not likely to win as much attention as stem cell wonders or reprogrammed immunotherapy cells to [MORE]

Ingestible Pill Reminder

Edible Sensor
This story has been reported widely in the news, but here is how it works: “Once the ingestible [MORE]

First Engineered Hepatic Vein from Stem Cells Successfully Implanted

Taking a nine cm groin vein from a living donor, then stripping it of cells before engrafting a 10 [MORE]

“Swimming in a Magnetic Current”

This is the kind of story know-nothing politicians like to expose: researchers working with a tiny sailboat in an [MORE]

Sensing Pancreatitis

Using an inexpensive LED light, aluminum foil, milk protein and Jello, a chemistry team at the University of Texas-Austin [MORE]

Catheter-Based Imaging

Michel Kahaleh, MD
“Cellvizio” is the name of a small microscope that can be inserted into the colon or pancreatic [MORE]

Gastrofish for Colon Cancer

Gastrocor, Inc. (Glen Allen, VA) has developed the first tissue-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) diagnostic test for chromosome abnormalities [MORE]

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

Innovative Intersection of Endoscopy and Laparoscopy or Deadend?
What is NOTES?  Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is vying to be [MORE]