POSTS TAGGED AS gastroenterology

Gastric Cancers Produce a Highly Indicative Biomarker

Identification of stromal cell-derived factor 4 as a liquid biopsy-based diagnostic marker in solid cancers
“Here, we [gastroenterological surgeon at Nagoya [MORE]

Smartphone App Exceeds Stool Sample Assessment

AI based smartphone app for characterizing stool form
“A novel smartphone application can determine BSS [Bristol Stool Scale] and other visual [MORE]

Detecting Colon Polyps in Urine

 
Urine Test
A recent newswire story announced that Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories (Bensalem, PA) is now offering a urine test for precancerous [MORE]

Extended Release Pill that Attaches to the GI Tract

MIT GI Tract Drug Delivery
Research engineers at MIT have devised a two-sided pill, where one side sticks to mucosal tissue [MORE]

Tiny Video Camera for Endoscopy

Medigus Micro Scout Camera
Minimally invasive surgery offers potentially good news for patients and troubling news for conventional hospitals, leading to [MORE]

Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Automated Image Scanning

Polyp Detection
Colonoscopies with an endoscope certainly are invasive and expensive.  But camera pills offer an alternative which as least [MORE]

Microgrippers for Biopsies

Microgrippers
During a colonoscopy, the physician may take one or more biopsies of suspicious looking polyps, while knowing that other [MORE]

Sensing Pancreatitis

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