Sampling the gut microbiome with an ingestible pill

Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

Gut microbes affect human health, but there is still much to learn, in part because they're not easy to collect. But researchers now report that they have developed an ingestible capsule that in rat studies captured bacteria and other biological samples while passing through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

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