‘Video pill’ could help battle cancer

Scientists have developed a new type of ‘video pill’ — a swallowable camera that could detect throat and gut cancers more effectively.

‘Video pill’ could help battle cancer

Tiny sensing system cameras swallowed by patients have been used in recent years rather than endoscopes as a less intrusive way of gaining images inside the throat and gut.

The cameras rely on a small light source produced by the video pill to illuminate affected areas and produce images, but researchers from the University of Glasgow have created a pill that uses fluorescence imaging to identify rich blood supplies, which support cancers and help them to grow.

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