Monitoring the gut with engineered biosensor

A Science study led by Senti Biosciences Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.) co-founder and CEO Timothy Lu described an ingestible bacterial biosensor that can detect gastrointestinal bleeds and biomarkers, providing a non-invasive, real-time method to monitor the gut.

Lu and Massachusetts Institute of Technology colleagues dubbed the system the ingestible micro-bio-electronic device (IMBED)...