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An ingestible bacterial-electronic system to monitor gastrointestinal health

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Mimee, Mark, Nadeau, Phillip, Hayward, Alison, Carim, Sean, Flanagan, Sarah, Jerger, Logan, Collins, Joy, McDonnell, Shane +7 more·2018·Science

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Using bugs in the gut to detect blood: Bacteria are environmentally resilient and can be engineered to sense various biomolecules. Mimee et al. combined biosensor bacteria with a miniaturized wireless readout capsule to produce a minimally invasive device capable of in vivo biosensing in harsh, difficult-to-access environments (see the Perspective by Gibson and Burgell). The device successfully measured gastrointestinal bleeding in pigs. Science , this issue p. 915 ; see also p. 856

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Mimee, M., Nadeau, P., Hayward, A., Carim, S., Flanagan, S., Jerger, L., Collins, J., McDonnell, S., Swartwout, R., Citorik, R. J., Bulović, V., Langer, R., Traverso, G., Chandrakasan, A. P., & Lu, T. K.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MIT (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
  • Mimee, Mark
  • Nadeau, Phillip
  • Chandrakasan, Anantha P.
  • Lu, Timothy K.
Venue
Science
Published
2018-05-25
Volume
360
Issue
6391
Pages
915-918
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2803662842
Cited by
606
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 58 · 2025: 106 · 2024: 75 · 2023: 81 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 17
FWCI
20.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PMC
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (EB-000244)
  • Office of Naval Research Global (N00014-13-1-0424)
  • National Science Foundation (1522074)
  • Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITS/195/14FP)
  • Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (15127713)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
Keywords
gastrointestinal bleeding diagnosis, gastrointestinal disease diagnosis, porcine model, implantable electronics
MeSH terms
Animals, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Heme, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Monitoring, Physiologic, Swine, Biosensing Techniques, Probiotics, Gastrointestinal Tract, Electrical Equipment and Supplies

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